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Should we just ban the use of gadgets while driving, period?
- DannoHung 17y agoYes! GPS can be configured at the start of a trip. Any music player shouldn't be used more than pause/skip while driving. Hands free calling needs to be mandatory. People just do not have the spare cognitive capacity to attend to both driving and gizmos.
- philwelch 17y agoSaying "GPS can be configured at the start of a trip" applies the waterfall model to road trips.
- HeyLaughingBoy 17y agoSoooo, people shouldn't drive with kids in the car? I can tell you that if you let them, small children can be much, much more distracting than any electronic device.
- DannoHung 17y agoI would not object to hog-tying and gagging small children...
- padmanabhan01 17y agoExcept when changing lanes or making a turn, I think using gadgets are okay. I think banning the use of gadgets entirely when driving, would be a bad idea.
- Mankhool 17y agoOf course. Driving demands your full and complete attention. From the second floor of a building I was in one morning recently I watched a young woman execute a perfect left turn at a major intersection . . . WHILE EATING A BOWL OF CEREAL! We also know that hands free is no help because, unlike when you are speaking with someone else in the car, the person on the other end of the phone cannot see the shit happening in front of you in traffic and will not shut up when you REALLY have to drive. But realistically nobody is going to be told what they can and cannot do in or with their automobiles. Driving is dangerous - period. So, as much as I hate SUVs, I recommend driving one, or else getting your vehicle armour plated.
- Semiapies 17y agoHow about just enforcing reckless driving laws? It's not as if there are cops watching people drive like idiots while on their phones and going, "Dang, I wish there was some specific law covering why these people are driving recklessly so I could give them a nice, fat ticket towards my quota."
- philwelch 17y agoMan, I wish people got pulled over for dangerous shit like tailgating and reckless driving more often, and speeding (especially on highways with an artificially low posted limit) less often.