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Car Tech: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars?
- 5/22/07 5:29 PM
GPS
by marc_90292 - 5/31/07 4:27 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
The problem with car designers - European or American - is that they never heard of user friendliness: look at the current crop of built-in GPS. Except for one (Chrysler) minivan, you have to take your eyes off the road and look (in some cases way) down to get the info you want.
Honda split the dashboard and placed the speedometer in the upper layer, near the line of sight to the road. Why do we have to wait for the Japanese to make progress in car design??? I get it, the term is management incompetence! The same guys who will advertise that their trucks now have 600 horsepowers while the gas is up to $6.
GPS, Cell Phones in cars
by sthornhill - 5/31/07 4:45 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I'm for having a GPS in my car. It has come in handy many times, especially since we moved to a different city. The factory-installed GPS system in my vehicle severly limits the functions available when the vehicle is moving. I find this annoying when there is a passenger who could safely use it, but I understand it works this way to compensate for some people's lack of common sense. I'm still not sure about cell phones in cars. I've noticed many cars that seem to have an idiot behind the wheel only to find out, as I pass them or stop at a traffic light, that the vast majority are talking on a cell phone. On the other hand, I find my cell phone very usefull. However, I do try to keep its use to a minimum while driving.
Distractions in cars !!!!
by shonaward - 5/31/07 4:46 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I think that everything is relative - if you can safely take a call while using a handsfree kit then I think that this is acceptable. I have 2 small kids and they are much more distracting than a mobile phone - what about changing the laws so that kids are banned from the car unless separated from the driver by soundproof glass !!!!!
I am for cell phones in cars
by gramax5 - 5/31/07 4:49 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
The reason for that would be used just for emergencies only.
GPS and Cell Phones are useful tools but !!!!
by roblock - 5/31/07 4:50 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
both cell phones and GPS are useful tools but the people using them often create dangerous situations because they are distracted when they use them whilst driving. Maybe the answer is to have them locked in some way so that they only work if the vehicle is stationary.
In the past if I wanted to make a phone call or look at a map I stopped my car and went to a phone booth or parked to check a map. I don't see why this could not be the case with our electronic version of the same.
Driving requires total attention and anything that distracts from that is not a good thing.
However much we rely on these things there is no doubt that serious accidents have been caused because someone was using them and had their attention diverted for that fraction of a second.
In control?
by arkie77 - 5/31/07 4:56 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
There are drivers out there who wouldn't be in control of their driving even if there were no devices to distract them in their vehicle. Face it, there are just a lot of lousy, lazy drivers out there. Don't penalize the rest of us because of a few. That's like when we were in kindergarten and the teacher told us that the few who were misbehaving ruined things for the many who weren't.
Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars?
by cdbrew - 5/31/07 5:01 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Cell phones should not be used by the driver while the auto is in motion. It is very dangerous and irresponsible. GPS can also be distracting. Pulling over and stopping the vehicle is the best measure when using these devices. DB
Drivers must be responsible.
by ScottDamery - 5/31/07 5:05 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I believe we have become a country of blame. Know one wants to be responsible for their actions be it driving or anything else. Own up to your actions, if you cant drive and talk on the phone then get a ticket. Same with drinking and prescription drugs. You must be responsible for your choices and pay the price. The Police must enforce the Laws!
what difference will it make?
by eglazier - 5/31/07 5:07 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
the idiots who drive and read, put on makeup, and generally do not bother to watch the road or their driving will not be any more dangerous with the new gadgets. if it were just they who were killed, we would have darwins law to help the rest of us out, but we are all in this together. nothing we do is going to change their driving habits just as nothing done to drinkers as punishment or suspension of their license will stop them fromn drinking and driving. our best bet has always been that they die alone and before reproducing.
This is an acquired skill.
by mgcsooner - 5/31/07 5:24 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
New drivers have trouble driving and talking at the same time, or listening to music, reviewing gages, or able to read signs while moving. The human mind is easily capable of these things. The problem come when one is trying to do the fiddle factor with these gadgets, such as programing a destination, sending text msg or using one hand for holding a cell phone instead of hands free. If any infraction is to be policed, it should be a fiddle factor only, not reasonable use.
As for GPS, mine is voice guided so I need only look at it for a second for assurance or information as remaining miles to destination.
mine is voice guided only need to look for a second?
by roblock - 5/31/07 9:07 AM In reply to: This is an acquired skill. by mgcsoonerthat second you look ? how far have you travelled at say 40 mph in that time - it's a long way and plenty of time for a lot to happen whilst you are distracted.
I'm ex Fire Service and spent many hours seperating people from their cars after less of a distraction put them in danger. Unfortunately many only came out in body bags.
GPS & Mobile phones inside cars
by polydoros - 5/31/07 5:27 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Since the GPS devices are useful for navigation they are tentatively acceptable. However, the mobile phones are still obstructive in driving. We better wait for specially made phones that with a single push of a button can dial up EXCLUSIVELY by voice instruction. We already have the technology and the mobile phones are cheap if not freely available for this. However, we still need the proper legislation for this first. And we all know how slow (if not an impossible task) that can become when it is to serve instead of suppressing the citizen.
Regards,
Polydoros
voice activation
by roblock - 5/31/07 11:26 AM In reply to: GPS & Mobile phones inside cars by polydorosOK we can have phones that are completely voice activated but it is well known that talking on the phone does distract from driving. OK chatting to passengers can do the same but in chatting, if the road is busy, you can ignore comments and concentrate on driving until the situation allows you to respond to the chat. The phone commands most people to respond immediately regardless of the traffic conditions.
We live in an age where we don't seem to be able to survive unless we are in contact with someone all the time. In truth I would guess that most calls made and received in vehicles could easily be left for another time. If it's an important one then surely pulling over and taking the call whilst not driving would allow the full concentration on this important call.
As has been said many times in this discussion - anything that distracts a driver is a bad thing. Isn't it true that nearly every accident is caused by someone whose concentration fails for that fraction of a second.
Completely Bonkers!
by antonaa - 5/31/07 5:43 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
There are some questions that are completely bonkers, you see and hear TV interviwers asking them, sometimes, and this is just wsuch one of them. What country could do without GP's ?
what country could do without GPS? are you kidding
by roblock - 5/31/07 11:33 AM In reply to: Completely Bonkers! by antonaaGPS is new and for many years the world managed quite easily without it.. Old sailors went all over the world without a compass so it is not an absolute necessity. Useful yes, time saving, maybe. But not vital.
One of the things it has done is to put everyone in the position of being able to be tracked by whoever wants to track them. Personal liberty issue?
Satellite tv is good but personaly I dont want it. Mobile phone in the car - no thanks , it's the one place I can get away from the phone. GPS , no thanks - I prefer a map, very often I spot places I would like to see and do a quick detour to see them. I don't want to be told I have to turn here or there to get to my destination. It's more fun finding it the hard way.
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