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Unpopular opinion: Trying to look at it from a constraint problem. 1) telling people not to use their phones. I think this is a losing fight. Why do people use
by nojvek 7y ago
Unpopular opinion: Trying to look at it from a constraint problem.
1) telling people not to use their phones. I think this is a losing fight. Why do people use their phones? Because waiting for red lights is boring. We have a 3 minute red light (1 min per direction) in one of our junctions. Almost every driver is distracted at end of 3 mins and somewhat on their phone.
I don’t think phones are going away anytime soon.
On the other hands I’d like cars to get a bit smarter. I’ve really been enjoying my comma Eon. It does a great job of following lanes allowing me to use my brain cycles for higher order environmental awareness about other cars. I feel a bit less guilty changing to another Spotify track on my phone.
But it’s also a phone problem too. The touch interface is horrible. There is no tactile feedback. Siri voice commands are really dumb as hell.
The phone could be mounted on the dash and the mobile is needs to guarantee every app can be used via voice with almost as much efficiency and accuracy as touching it.
Basically what I’m saying is. Let’s fight the problem at a deeper layer.