Wow. Almost 100% of posters can't wait to let the government force crappy software and anti-features into their $800 phones.
IKR?
Jesus Christ, is no one against this?
Wow. Almost 100% of posters can't wait to let the government force crappy software and anti-features into their $800 phones.
Its unfortunate that companies feel like they need to do that with so many models now. I hope that steering wheel controls stay as well as tactile buttons. Some of us like wearing gloves in the winter, and not be limited to the touchscreen style gloves.I had a Citroen hire car a couple of weeks ago, the controls were one big touch screen, with nothing tactile at all. It was dreadful, I had to look at every single control each time ai wanted to make an adjustment,andhavingto switch between modes felt dangerous while driving.
Found the automatic driver who doesn't understand how the power curve of their engine works and that dropping to lower gear with higher revs can offer far greater power for passing or emergency maneuversBecause you're doing all that shifting while cruising at highway speeds.
I was going to say he was talking utter Sh!te, but I think you put it better!Are you saying your right to a convenience of using your phone should trump that of life?
Sorry, the very purpose of governance is to balance public safety to that of individual privilege.
In the case of phones, using one while driving has proven to have dramatic, and measurable safety risk, and one that has caused the deaths of thousands already.
Sorry, your privilege of using a gadget doesn't out weigh the right to public safety on publicly operated throughfares.
Thinking otherwise is pure selfish and arrogant,
So I really hope I misinterpreted what you were saying
It's all pretty dangerous and it just falls on the driver to be responsible. Unfortunately many aren't (the anger you get for suggesting people slow down!) but there's no other solution right now. The only car crash I was involved in was as a passenger when the driver was changing the AC settings. It was only 8mph!I don't text and drive, but I do mount my phone to the dash and use it for GPS/directions, streaming music/Howard Stern to my car's system, etc. I don't see how that's any more dangerous than someone fiddling with the air conditioner or radio.
IKR?
Jesus Christ, is no one against this?
How would you automatically differentiate between a driver and a passenger device? Ultimately the only real solution is to get rid of human drivers all together.
Nobody needs to answer a call while driving. Nobody needs to answer a text/write a text while driving. Nobody should be flipping through their music library for the next song.
This is how I feel.im against it in principle, but on the flip side we seem to be content with allowing the vapidly ignorant to do whatever they want whenever they want with little to no consequence. I have enough restraint to not play with my phone behind the wheel, if other people cant and we need to make a law, so be it. Honestly in 2016, I feel safer driving home at 2AM with drunks on the road, than I do at 4PM with soccer moms and businesspeople meandering in and out of a lane while they try to use their phone.
Jesus loves you.IKR?
Jesus Christ, is no one against this?
I blame Steve Jobs. He's responsible for more deaths on Earth than any tech guy before him not to mention aiding and abetting terrorists and turning our kids into imbeciles that can't do math without the calculator on their phone.
Ya, your'e right. It's only a lost life every day. No biggie."In total, the year had 385 fatal crashes that involved the use of a cell phone."
Doesn't seem like much of an epidemic.
Then you're still not "focusing on driving" either. Apparently there is a world of difference, by the government's own admission, otherwise they would be advocating locking the whole thing out.Neither of which is focusing on driving, which is the exact definition of distracted driving in many states.
That said, the article states government would like limit some functions, not brick the phone. Additionally, if it is activated by being tied to the in car entertainment system, it is likely that drivers could change songs via steering wheel controls, or other tactile buttons without looking away.
To be fair, I have always had a learning disability with math and need calculator for basic math. This predates mobile phones by a good decade.
I once had an shmuck of a math teacher in grade 9 who refused to tutor me, give me outside of class help, belittled me in front of the class for my poor math skills. Flunked me despite squeezing out a 60% grade while all the time refusing to let me use a calculator because, and I quote
"What king of idiot are you, nobody is going to carry around a calculator in their pockets in the future, so you better learn to do all this stuff in your head or you have no business expecting to pass high school"
Perhaps not. But if technology can be applied to prevent stupid people from needlessly endangering others, I'd look forward to that.You can't make laws against being stupid, people will do whatever they want.