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Rogue Wolf
Came To Bury Caesar, Not To Praise Him
join:2003-08-12
Saratoga Springs, NY
|  Internet in the car?!
No, no, no, no, no, NO, NO.
There's already too many idiots on the roads doing makeup, reading the newspaper, jabbering on the cell phone, etc. while randomly switching lanes or doing 20 MPH over/under the speed limit. I don't need some moron rear-ending me at a stoplight because he couldn't find a clip on YouTube.
Why can't people JUST DRIVE and do all that other crap when they get where they're going? 
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I have learned to ignore such naysayers, when... quelling... them... hm?... was out of the question. | |
Mce Saint
join:2007-10-03
Saint Louis, MO
| Stand at the shore and command the waves to stop much? lol.
That ship sailed a looonnnggg time ago.
It's hard to see how in-car internet is anymore "distracting" than navigational devices (TomTom, Magellan, etc.), dvd players, radios, iPods/MP# players, cellphones, fast food, smoking, and bratty kids in the back seat.
Many people are able to safely and responsibly eat,listen to music, talk, etc. while driving OR - if not driving - from the comfort and safety of their vehicle.
Bad driving ought to be punished - not devices prohibited. We already have laws prohibiting reckless driving and if the "recklessness" is caused by cellphone useage, dvd watching, or whatever - so be it. But *banning* such things because *some* drivers cannot use them safely while driving penalizes those who can do so safely.
Our vehicles have an increasing ability to monitor our human actions while a vehicle is under way (i.e., "black boxes" that monitor speed, braking, etc.). From a certain perspective, it would actually be *better* to link "distracting" devices like cellphones and laptops INTO that monitoring system, than to leave them outside of the loop.
When the insurance company denies your accident claim because it has definitive proof (from the car's "black box") that you were inattentive because you were surfing internet porn at the time of the accident, that's a pretty powerful incentive to use such "distracting" devices in a responsible manner. As it stands right now, the insurance company has, effectively, no way to determine that I was on my laptop (hooked to my U727) while rocking down the highway. | |
Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX
| Agree. Yesterday I was hit in a parking lot by an idiot in a delivery vehicle (large box type truck) that just shoved it in reverse and started to back up and didn't see or hear me. I could not get out of his way due to traffic behind me, so I took the hit. If he had been on the internet concerning his activity at that location, I would have probably been shoved into traffic.
Anyone that thinks that internet in a vehicle is a good thing doesn't drive much and see the idiots with the cell phones glued to their ear and ignoring all traffic around them. | |
just_4_fun
Premium
join:2000-10-18
Trenton, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
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March 28th, @07:23AM
| reply to Mce Saint
said by Mce Saint  :Many people are able to safely and responsibly eat,listen to music, talk, etc. while driving OR - if not driving - from the comfort and safety of their vehicle. As it stands right now, the insurance company has, effectively, no way to determine that I was on my laptop (hooked to my U727) while rocking down the highway. Most people that think they are skilled enough operate a cell or blackberry and drive at the same time aren’t great drivers to begin with. I’ve been watching this since cell phones made they way into the cars. The simple facts are hand held cell phone users can’t hold the lanes, there is always a delay in their reactions with developing traffic patterns and they are usually too busy (or stupid) to use their turn signals. | |
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