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> It's true, cars have headlight switches, tachometers, gas gauges and electronic mirror controls. The horror. You forgot climate control, cruise control, a co
by chc 13y ago
> It's true, cars have headlight switches, tachometers, gas gauges and electronic mirror controls. The horror.
You forgot climate control, cruise control, a confusing array of wiper settings, CD controls, radio, bluetooth, GPS, fuel efficiency feedback and probably a few others I didn't think of right off the top of my head. The point is not that cars are insanely distracting, but just that Glass is probably not the most distracting thing in your car.
- sliverstorm 13y agoMany of these have similar risk cost vs. risk reward tradeoffs. Climate control helps keep you focused (I know I have a hard time focusing on the road when it's 40F in my car) and cruise control helps keep you predictable to other drivers. Bluetooth integration assumes people are going to use their phones either way, and thus handsfree is the safer choice. GPS informs drivers in advance so they don't have to swerve across seven lanes of traffic to make their exit. My point is, what problem does Glass solve that makes it worth the risk?
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoIf future iterations of Glass are able to incorporate existing dash functions, thus making them safer to access by not having to take one's eyes off the road, then the benefits are obvious.
- sliverstorm 13y agoFuture iterations of Glass are still exactly that- in the future.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoDoesn't Glass play music and navigate? If so, it already incorporates some of those functions.