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It should be obvious that keeping your eyes on the road (you learn to use volume and HVAC controls by feel pretty quick) is less dangerous than looking down at
by superuser2 11y ago
It should be obvious that keeping your eyes on the road (you learn to use volume and HVAC controls by feel pretty quick) is less dangerous than looking down at a screen.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm wary of obvious things, because so often they turn out to be wrong.
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- superuser2 11y agoYou really don't believe that watching the road is safer than not watching the road? I appreciate skepticism, but that just seems too extreme.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm really not convinced that having your eyes on the road and your attention on your fingers is safer than glancing away. I think it's probably right, but I'd like something better than just "it's obvious!"
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoAttention is a funny thing. Talking on a phone with your eyes on the road can take quite a bit of our attention. Its not about the eyes - glancing here or there is what we do all day. Its the mental model in our head - more than one is hard. Imagining the person on the other end of the phone call is a mental model - and it can push the 'road model' right out. So it depends on how much cpu it takes. Not just where we're looking.