What do you make of the attached 2/10/12 Wall Street Journal article, "Don't Look Now: A Car That Tweets"?
Toyota: buy movie tickets, book a table, check stock, search on Bing. General Motors: Play videos and slide shows. Tesla: Wireless Internet with 17-inch screen, USB plugs. Mercedes-Benz: Check Facebook, read Twitter posts, use Google Local Search and Yelp.
Frank
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net wrote:
What do you make of the attached 2/10/12 Wall Street Journal article, "Don't Look Now: A Car That Tweets"?
It's an 8 meg scan of a paper that is oriented so I can't read it w/out downloading and then rotating it. Blah.
Yes auto makers are addressing "customers" requests for more info, more distraction, more "more"!
One could say this is appalling but chances are this type of stuff is here to stay, we as a society are much more used to processing more info, look at how movies/tv-shows are done now compared to 10-15 years ago. We are more comfortable processing stuff now.
Or one could say that this is yet another reason for us to NOT ride on the same road as these distracted idiots. We're better off having separate lanes and all that.
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Toyota: buy movie tickets, book a table, check stock, search on Bing. General Motors: Play videos and slide shows. Tesla: Wireless Internet with 17-inch screen, USB plugs. Mercedes-Benz: Check Facebook, read Twitter posts, use Google Local Search and Yelp.
Frank
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Thanks to gunnar for sending me this link to the article, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203824904577213041944082370.ht... .
I sent the following message to US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
The Honorable Ray LaHood U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590
Subject: Distracted driving
Dear Secretary LaHood,
I find the February 10, 2012 Wall Street Journal article, "Don't Look Now: A Car That Tweets" terrifying. When studies show that technologies such as in-dash touch screens make driving less safe, will you act to keep them from being implemented in motor vehicles? Better, will you act to keep them from being implemented until studies prove that such technologies are safe?
For five years, I have been teaching bicyclists to ride safely in traffic. I teach them that they must be visible and predictable. This only works if motorists are looking at the road and mentally attending to what's happening.
Sincerely,
Frank D. Gmeindl 491 Wilson Avenue Morgantown, WV 26501 frank.gmeindl@comcast.net 304-376-0446
On Feb 15, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Gunnar Shogren wrote:
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net wrote:
What do you make of the attached 2/10/12 Wall Street Journal article, "Don't Look Now: A Car That Tweets"?
It's an 8 meg scan of a paper that is oriented so I can't read it w/out downloading and then rotating it. Blah.
Yes auto makers are addressing "customers" requests for more info, more distraction, more "more"!
One could say this is appalling but chances are this type of stuff is here to stay, we as a society are much more used to processing more info, look at how movies/tv-shows are done now compared to 10-15 years ago. We are more comfortable processing stuff now.
Or one could say that this is yet another reason for us to NOT ride on the same road as these distracted idiots. We're better off having separate lanes and all that.
?
Toyota: buy movie tickets, book a table, check stock, search on Bing. General Motors: Play videos and slide shows. Tesla: Wireless Internet with 17-inch screen, USB plugs. Mercedes-Benz: Check Facebook, read Twitter posts, use Google Local Search and Yelp.
Frank
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