Car Tech: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars?
- 5/22/07 5:29 PM
GPS and Cellphones in Cars
by chiefsquaw - 6/1/07 2:26 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Your question is imprecise. I am not against GPS or cellphones in cars per se, but I am very much opposed to a driver using them while he is operating the vehicle. Passengers should be free to use hand operated devises and drivers should be allowed to use voice actuated devises while driving.
Bruce
GPS and/or cell phones in cars
by JohnLF - 6/1/07 2:55 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
This should be made into two questions. I'm in favor of GPS in cars. I have a portable Magellan and it is mounted on top of the dash where it doesn't obstruct my view and yet it is high enough to not be a distraction as many in-dash factory-installed models are. My model has voice instructions (as many do)so I seldom have to look at the mapping.
A funny GPS story: I was in Phoenix and used the unit out there. When I got back to the East Coast, I wanted to visit a friend in Maryland. I keyed in his address without the antenna being up. The unit "thought" I was still in Phoenix and immediately the mapping came back with a travel route a distance of 2,332 miles!
The cell phone, on the other hand, is another matter. I will ANSWER my cell phone while driving, but I have yet to CALL anyone while driving. If alone, I'll find a safe place to pull over. If I have a passenger with me, I'll have that person make any outgoing calls.
Cell phones must go!
by bammike - 6/1/07 3:20 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I have seen too much of people attempting to drive while talking on their cell phone, and have been nearly hit several times because the person driving was not paying attention because they were talking on their cell phone. It totally irks me to get behind a person doing 50 mph on the interstate while everyone else is manuvering to get around them driving in one of the inner lanes, and then when you pass them, they have a phone up to their ear.
I use my laptop with Delorme Street Atlas USA for my GPS unit, so maybe I can't speak to that issue as well. I set mine for the destination before I depart on the trip, and the software tells me how far it is to the next turn. You can also zoom in and out with voice commands and ask the computer, "Are we there yet?" I don't see where it distracts me at all, but that may be a matter of opinion. I do know I have never come close to having an accident because of it.
Mike
I'm all for GPS & cell phones in cars
by deebeefc - 6/1/07 3:43 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Anything that can be a health or safety tool is a good thing.
GPS helps people get where they are going without having to risk their lives stopping to ask (possibly the wrong person) for directions.
Cell phones are necessary for emergency purposes.
Yes, there will always be the morons who abuse all conveniences. That doesn't justify taking them away from human people.
Dee
cars will dominate us
by sergio1476 - 6/1/07 4:33 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
well well well, here we go
certainly to drive a car people need to concentrate and not to be distracted, that is because there are plenty of things to listen and see to prevent accidents, to get destination faster, and avoid getting into the traffic jamms.
but with time and more "intelligent " cars, cars will eventually overcome their creators and finally wont need them and will take them home or any other place as a favor, the creators will have plenty of time to get distracted and you can forget about concentration
For or against GPS and cell phones in cars
by gigadiva - 6/1/07 5:06 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
My opinion won't be popular with the "for" crowd because I am against GPS and cell phones in cars. Drivers do not need any distractions while driving. When I say distractions I mean only GPS and cell phones.
Drivers could be distracted by other things including chatting with a passenger in the car with them, their precious child in a car seat wailing at the top of its lungs or a pet meowing/barking/chirping or what ever.
i agree with this law
by buddiesgurl - 3/24/08 2:35 PM In reply to: For or against GPS and cell phones in cars by gigadivai think that if you are caught with a Cell Phone when driving a car you get a traffic ticket no matter what.
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by 2maks - 6/1/07 9:11 PM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
more gadgets,yyeeeeesssss, cell phones are a nessesary option in cars nowdays should not be able to be used without a wireless ear piece that has voice dial, auto answer & auto hang up, make it law, GPS should be manditory in cars & cell phones, Personly I do not think this is a privacy issue at all, its all about staying alive,or getting the right help when in need, any person or persons that think other wise have no respect for their own well being or life, if you are doing something wrong, then you deserve to get gaught & serve what ever time is alotted to you. & probably more,
There is no sense in making regulations that are not enforce
by trossi10 - 6/2/07 7:15 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Cell phone conversations even hands free are distracting. The best way to deal with them is to pull out of traffic. Making laws against using the cell phone while driving is useless without enforcement. Nobody observes speed limits and they have been active for decades. Ultimately, the only speed limit device that works is a speed bump. The only regulation that would work would be technology in cars that cause the cell phones to lose their signal while in the vehicle.
The police should be forced to enforce the cell phone laws.
by KingMobley - 6/2/07 7:21 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Whether you're holding it in your hand or have it strapped to your head, the cell phone is a distraction. Here in NY state it's illegal to use without a headset. The big problem here is that the police don't enforce the law. In fact most of the state troopers I see are busy themselves yapping on the cell phone while driving. Many times I've come close to being the victim in accidents caused by people talking on their cell phones. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that you can only concentrate on so many things at once. Of course the head of NASA might have a problem with that one. For you folks who insist on doing the dirty deed, a license to drive is a license to kill. We had a local man rearend a tow truck recently because he was talking on the cell phone. Fortunately no innocent people where killed.
FOR! GPS in phone works well
by BLANNAN - 6/2/07 10:41 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
If you don't have a Garmin or TomTom, etc., the cell phone GPS navigators work well. Used Verizon's VZNavigator all last week in Philadelphia and Washington DC. They work great and are a great help. All you need to do is plug in the destination, and "listen" to the directions. Obviously, best to type in the destination while stopped, then listen.
Bernie
Atlanta, GA
GPS
by Mizloon - 6/2/07 11:42 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
My GPS, which announces the names of upcoming streets, has been most helpful to me. It certainly beats frantically looking for street signs which may be obscured by untrimmed trees. Too, the voice prompts allow me to focus on traffic rather than on frequent glances at a screen.
Cell phones should not be used while driving.
MizLoon
FOR
by rivrsong33 - 6/3/07 4:25 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I think following a pre-set GPS is less distracting than fiddling with maps or not knowing which way you should turn at the next intersection.
Hands-free cell phones seem here to stay, but I do believe in pulling safely off the road before having a conversation.
Is the world Flat?
by RussAdams - 6/3/07 5:47 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
I used to think it outrageous to suggest banning cell phone use in cars.
Then I spent a few months walking around a major city, observing the stupid things people do once they place a cell phone against their ear.
These things appear to have the ability to suck the brains out of peoples heads.
I've watched people walk into other people, into poles, step out in front of moving automobiles...
So now this argument strikes me like the old argument against drinking and driving. Everybody thought they could safely drink and drive, that only 'other' people had problems.
I say let science answer the question just like drinking and driving.
If a large portion of the population cannot safely use a cell phone and drive at the same time, then ban it.
Your rights end where the risk to my life and limbs begin.
Cellphones and GPS belong in cars
by VMMan - 6/3/07 11:53 AM In reply to: Are you for or against GPS and cell phones in cars? by wcunning
Back when the anti-cellphone legislation was first proposed, a radio commentator read the AAA list of driving distractions and cellphones were way down on the list. Above them were things like eating and drinking, applying makeup, adjusting the radio/cd player/cassette player, smoking, and talking to passengers. Just the other day I saw a woman in the car in front of me using a curling iron on her hair while she was driving--don't try to tell me she was watching the road while doing that!
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