"Don't believe them, Michael. Haters gonna hate."
Posted on 10/07/2014 9:40:08 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Just because you can talk to your car doesn’t mean you should. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse instead of better.
The systems let drivers do things like tune the radio, send a text message, or make a phone call while keeping their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel, but many of these systems are so error-prone or complex that they require more concentration from drivers rather than less, according to studies released Tuesday by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Utah. …
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The radio, kids, operation of accessories...act like white noise.
I don't like to talk to my kids when they're driving and normally say call me later. Always afraid of hearing something terrible happening.
"Don't believe them, Michael. Haters gonna hate."
Damn straight! Almost ruined Jerry Van Dyke’s career.
Hello, car.
Its a nice day today. I hear it will rain tomorrow. Does this dress make me look fat, car?
That was my first thought from reading the title of this story as well! My Mother, the Car.
It is not nice to tell your 1982 on it’s last leg Ford pickup that you f’n hate it’s guts, because it decides to quit the next time you get in it.
Who needs to text on a smartphone while driving...when you have that widescreen display on your dashboard and all that other cool stuff to fiddle with.
Absolutely not a good idea. When I was a Kid I had a Plymouth Fury III. That thing was alive, I swear it. If I made a “bat maneuver” it would punish me by turning off the radio. If I apologized and petted the dash, the radio would come back on. It had many cantankerous moments, but always responded if I simply spoke to it lovingly. I miss that thing.
I don’t speak Korean.
It’s especially dangerous if your car’s name is Christine.
“Everyone knows in the second life we’re gonna come back sooner or later/being anything from a pussycat to a man-eatin’ alligator....’’
Yeah, especially if it’s name is Christine.
The name “Fury’’ should’ve been the tip off.
I use my car dashboard to call pretty frequently, mostly for saved numbers. If I want to call my brother I press one button and say “call Jack”. The system questions “call Jack **last name**? I answer yes, and it dials. I can also state a number for it to call, and it will confirm the number with me and call.
I don’t find it distracting at all; my eyes don’t have to leave the road. Your mileage may vary, though.
OOOH, OOOH, restraining myself from appropriate punchline...
Driving your car can be dangerous. I’m beginning to be suspicious of all these fear-mongering studies that eventually get backed up by restrictive laws.
But, then again, I don’t like using GPS I’d rather use a map, the voice is annoying and the instructions have you driving like an idiot. Just look for the street sign, it’s not that hard. I don’t talking on the phone in heavy traffic or anywhere there may be an abrupt need to stop or turn, either. One second of inattention is all it would take to have me piling into the rear of another car.
Still, it’s a campaign against driving itself. I do believe that.
I’m surprised no one has asked Siri that question. There are clever easter egg answers to other odd questions, wouldn’t be surprised if that one’s been thought of as well.
Ask her what color her eyes are.
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