blademaster
I'm moving to Brazil
+2,075|6615
For the driver already juggling a cell phone and a burger as he’s heading down the highway, it’s the next big thing: An Internet-connected dashboard computer. The perfect front-seat addition, eh?

Not according to 87% of Americans, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds. That’s the number who oppose allowing people to use an Internet-connected computer while they are driving.Just six percent (6%) believe people should be allowed to go online while driving, even as automakers prepare to debut the front-seat computers this year.

That’s because 93% of adults say it is at least somewhat likely that the use of Internet-connected computers by drivers will increase the number of traffic accidents. Of that number, 80% say more accidents are Very Likely.Women are even more strongly opposed than men to allowing people to go online while driving. But both overwhelmingly agree that front-seat computer use will cause more traffic accidents.Perhaps not surprisingly the adults most likely to be text-messaging behind the wheel – those ages 18 to 29 – are the age group least opposed to front-seat computers. But they, too, strongly predict more traffic accidents from their usage.

In fact, as the overall findings make clear, opposition to front-seat computers and the expectation that they will lead to more accidents is very high across all demographic groups.Most Americans, however, are reacting to the concept rather than the actual product itself. Just 23% of adults say they have been following news reports about the new Internet-connected, front-seat computers. Seventy-five percent (75%) say they haven’t been following reports of this latest vehicle accessory very closely or at all.But then 91% of adults say people should not be allowed to text message on a cell phone while driving. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say drivers should not be permitted to talk on a cell phone, but adults are evenly divided about eating and driving.

Seventy-five percent (75%) of adults say Americans are becoming ruder and less civilized. Thirty-two percent (32%) think the United States should have a law that punishes individuals for verbal and psychological abuse of their spouses.source

So are you for Internet-connected dashboard computer, so you can visit and write comments on bf2s while you are driving or are you against it? Where do you stand?
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|6590|Mhz

Why not just have it disabled unless the vehicle is stopped? Like 99.9% of in dash DVD players.  (Of course you can just bypass that quite easily but, I would never do such a thing obviously )

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2010-01-14 07:11:11)

-Gunsmoke-
Member
+165|6605|South Jersey
This is a bad idea
TSI
Cholera in the time of love
+247|5951|Toronto
Oh, that'll go well. How the hell do you operate a computer while driving anyways?
I like pie.
=NHB=Shadow
hi
+322|6336|California
Um if they put that in, I better be able to use it while i'm driving.
I fiddled with my nav system and other things when I was driving for 3 hours straight, cause I can't not stay still while driving
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6709|Toronto | Canada

TSI wrote:

Oh, that'll go well. How the hell do you operate a computer while driving anyways?
Whats the difference between that and a touchscreen navigation system?
Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5556

Porn and bf2s on my daily commute sounds good.
Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6119|'straya

Winston_Churchill wrote:

TSI wrote:

Oh, that'll go well. How the hell do you operate a computer while driving anyways?
Whats the difference between that and a touchscreen navigation system?
Well a navigating system using involves puting in an address etc then just following the on screen map/directions... Posting on forums, watching videos, updating facebook etc all takes considerably more considerably more time and concentration...
13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6467

. . . and 13% are walking deadmen.
=NHB=Shadow
hi
+322|6336|California

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

TSI wrote:

Oh, that'll go well. How the hell do you operate a computer while driving anyways?
Whats the difference between that and a touchscreen navigation system?
Well a navigating system using involves puting in an address etc then just following the on screen map/directions... Posting on forums, watching videos, updating facebook etc all takes considerably more considerably more time and concentration...
it's not like people already do that with their iPhones and such...
Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6119|'straya

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:


Whats the difference between that and a touchscreen navigation system?
Well a navigating system using involves puting in an address etc then just following the on screen map/directions... Posting on forums, watching videos, updating facebook etc all takes considerably more considerably more time and concentration...
it's not like people already do that with their iPhones and such...
If they do that while driving then they are idiots. Providing a product for that sole purpose just seems like a bad idea.
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6709|Toronto | Canada

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

TSI wrote:

Oh, that'll go well. How the hell do you operate a computer while driving anyways?
Whats the difference between that and a touchscreen navigation system?
Well a navigating system using involves puting in an address etc then just following the on screen map/directions... Posting on forums, watching videos, updating facebook etc all takes considerably more considerably more time and concentration...
99% of the time when I or anyone I'm in the car with uses the navigation system its not before we start driving.  Also, looking up gas stations, food places, etc on it is still interacting with it.  Changing the radio is using the big touchscreen as well
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5328|London, England
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Last edited by JohnG@lt (2010-01-13 19:39:42)

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Harmor
Error_Name_Not_Found
+605|6519|San Diego, CA, USA
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S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6417|Chicago, IL
Awful idea tbh, American drivers are incompetent enough at driving without trying to update their facebook status.

No
CanadianLoser
Meow :3 :3
+1,148|6478
I was playing cs:s once and a guy on his mic claimed to be driving down the freeway while playing... he even held his mic out the window and honked, I wasn't totally convinced but lewl if he actually was.
ruisleipa
Member
+149|6192|teh FIN-land
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hawaythelads
We are PREMIER LEAGUE!
+84|6457|Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The new landrovers have a DVD player built into the sat-nav system, it plays a DVD to people in the passenger seat, the driver only sees the sat-nav, was pretty cool. Maybe a system like that might work.
aerodynamic
FOCKING HELL
+241|5723|Roma

hawaythelads wrote:

The new landrovers have a DVD player built into the sat-nav system, it plays a DVD to people in the passenger seat, the driver only sees the sat-nav, was pretty cool. Maybe a system like that might work.
Saw that on top gear. I wonder how the thing works.
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Metal-Eater-GR
I can haz titanium paancakez?
+490|6242

aerodynamic wrote:

hawaythelads wrote:

The new landrovers have a DVD player built into the sat-nav system, it plays a DVD to people in the passenger seat, the driver only sees the sat-nav, was pretty cool. Maybe a system like that might work.
Saw that on top gear. I wonder how the thing works.
It may work like those printed cards which change the image if you tilt them...

On topic: Stupid idea, never going to be approved by the government. /thread

Last edited by Metal-Eater-GR (2010-01-14 07:53:56)

PrivateVendetta
I DEMAND XMAS THEME
+704|6161|Roma

burnzz wrote:

. . . and 13% are walking driving deadmen.
Fix't
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jord
Member
+2,382|6648|The North, beyond the wall.
TBH there are times in driving when you could work a laptop and still drive safely. IE traffic jams.
13/f/taiwan
Member
+940|5669
I see it happening. Car companies are in need more options/add-ons for there newer models so they can sell. Its not like they're going to stop because more people could die. The insurance companies will have to deal with that.

Although that could lead to insurance companies raising the premium for someone with a Front-Seat Computers, which would make more people less inclined to buy a car with that feature. Than again, the car companies can just make less models which come with a Front-Seat Computer.
DrunkenPirate
Rum Baron
+44|6663|Norfolk, England

Distractions like this for the driver to use whilst he is driving is a bad idea.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
I was going to write something sarcastic about this not being newsworthy or threadworthy, but then I realised, Americans are actually using common sense. Really threadworthy. Fantastic!
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