There is no doubt that Apple’s iPhone is a revolutionary product. Even if you will never own one, its Apps applications will change the way almost all electronics will be designed in the future. But one press release we just received left us scratching our heads.

ASafeDrive is an app available in the App Store designed to–you guessed it–make your drive a little safer. But in many ways it appears to be a solution in search of a problem. Here’s a part of the official release:

“Today, speed-limit signs are often times misleading and hard to see, making driving a personal peril,” reveals entrepreneur Alex BenBassat, who designed ASafeDrive after purchasing the very first generation of Apples iPhone. “For the first time on any mobile platform, ASafeDrive gives drivers the necessary information to be able to stay within the safe legal driving limits. There is no other iPhone app that shows two pieces of information simultaneously on one screen: the speed limit of the street and the speedometer.”

The application stands apart from a standard speedometer found within the vehicle as ASafeDrive™ displays colors from green to red in line with the driver’s current vehicle speed, thus keeping drivers’ eyes on the road and their acceleration within legal limits. The customizable program allows users to change the settings in the application to access a number of different warnings once the current speed limit is exceeded.

But does one more thing to monitor in your car really make you a safer driver? Especially when you are trying to monitor two readouts on one small iPhone screene. Certainly, being able to track speed limits anywhere in the country is an impressive technology, but one more thing to distract drivers from what’s happening on the other side of the windshield doesn’t exactly feel like a good thing.

Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments box below.