[HN Gopher] Tech has made cars "a candy store of distraction"
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       Tech has made cars "a candy store of distraction"
        
       Author : elsewhen
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-07-06 21:48 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (finance.yahoo.com)
        
       | 99112000 wrote:
       | Once a car drives itself, these distractions will become readily
       | available entertainment so it's smart, in some way...
        
       | jackvalentine wrote:
       | I agree with the premise of the article, but commuting by bike
       | and looking in to people's cars the #1 distraction for drivers
       | moving and stationary remains the mobile phone.
       | 
       | If for example, police would prosecute based on submitted footage
       | and paid out a small amount of the fine say 10% as bounty in the
       | short term I'd be making more money on my commute than at my day
       | job.
        
       | wildrhythms wrote:
       | Every time I see a TV ad where the car "stops for pedestrians for
       | you!" I cringe... I get it's a safety feature, and maybe it's
       | just the way they set it up in the ad, but it always feels like
       | it's forgiving distracted driving. And I don't blame the drivers,
       | because cars are coming with fewer and fewer physical knobs and
       | buttons, so drivers are forced to decipher whatever horrible
       | hieroglyphic LCD touchscreen-based UI has been installed in the
       | vehicle.
        
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