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Not something we like to see! How sad it is that some folks can never get it through their head to not text while driving! The loss of three lives was the result of this incidence. She still had the cell phone in her hand. 😢 PJ

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We all see it all the time, for some folks self driving cars that don't require being ready to take over control can't arrive soon enough. When I get in the car, the phone is in the pocket. And you know, I haven't even bothered to configure the assistant, web access or anything besides just making/receiving calls and work texts as needed, I get plenty of that other stuff sitting in front of my computer.
 
I keep my phone plugged into CarPlay and leave it on the console.
If I really need to send a text I keep my hands on the wheel and just dictate the text to Siri and it gets sent.
 
I've about had it with people & cell phones.The kids I work with have to
check their phones every 5 minutes (while they're supposed to be working),& one
kid is constantly talking to his friends while on the clock.
They made it illegal to use a cell phone while driving here in Virginia on Jan. 1st,
but I still see people looking down at their phone while driving up the hill next to our
house.They're usually speeding also (the High School is about a block away from here.
 
Illegal here in N.Y., both calling and texting, yet you see it every day. Drives me nuts when I'm at a red light and look in the rear view to see the driver behind me looking down and quickly looking up every so often to check traffic. I'm tempted to put an illuminated sign in my back window I can kick on with a button "PUT THE PHONE DOWN!" but this day and age that would just cause road rage.
I've followed people I could have sworn were drunk and when I finally get where I can see them they are looking at their phone!
When I'm driving, my phone is not answered. It can wait.
 
Just about t-boned one yesterday when I went to run an errand after work. She wasn't paying attention to where she was since the phone was so much more interesting until she realized she was at the intersection where she wanted to turn left. So she did, from the far right hand lane and across 5 lanes. Oh, and turned on the left turn signal as she was turning left...
 
Gliderman8 said:
I keep my phone plugged into CarPlay and leave it on the console.
If I really need to send a text I keep my hands on the wheel and just dictate the text to Siri and it gets sent.
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My new Kia has CarPlay and it is very handy - I never have to take my hands off the wheel or my eyes off the road. I can even change radio channels or listen to my iTunes music without touching my radio or iPhone. "Play Bryan Adams" = "Ok, playing Bryan Adams".
 
Basil said:
My new Kia has CarPlay and it is very handy - I never have to take my hands off the wheel or my eyes off the road. I can even change radio channels or listen to my iTunes music without touching my radio or iPhone. "Play Bryan Adams" = "Ok, playing Bryan Adams".
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Yeah, I find it very useful as well as safe. I never pick up my phone or look at it while driving. Just say "call Alfred E." or text "Christie B." ;) and it's done. In fact, my 2019 Mazda did away from a touch screen altogether; there's no reason at all to reach for the screen as all functions are controlled from the "joy stick" on the center console.
 
When I was doing work for PG&E (our "local" utility) we were not allowed to talk on the phone even hands-free while driving.
 
Before cell phones were a thing it was reading at the wheel.
would drive about 350 miles on Fridays to get home and 350 miles on Sunday to get back to where I was working. The number of times I saw drivers with Maps, Newspapers or books open in front of them was amassing. Talking to a guy who I worked with about this and he said " I do it all the time on my drive, you just have to glance up every so often when you are on the interstate" Glad his drive was headed in the opposite direction to mine. Reading takes a good percentage of my concentration and driving takes a lot more of it.

David
 
DavidApp said:
Before cell phones were a thing it was reading at the wheel.
would drive about 350 miles on Fridays to get home and 350 miles on Sunday to get back to where I was working. The number of times I saw drivers with Maps, Newspapers or books open in front of them was amassing. Talking to a guy who I worked with about this and he said " I do it all the time on my drive, you just have to glance up every so often when you are on the interstate" Glad his drive was headed in the opposite direction to mine. Reading takes a good percentage of my concentration and driving takes a lot more of it.

David
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A very clear memory of glancing over and watching a guy doing a crossword on his steering wheel
 
From what I've seen around here (Interstate 81),
they're also on their phones,etc.
 
There is a book, A Deadly Wandering, that tells the story of an otherwise good kid who was texting while driving, wandered across the highway, forced a couple of rocket scientists off the road to their death. A compelling story. One of the interesting ways the book was written was the interweaving of the story with the science of being able to pay attention. Up until WWI, scientists thought the brain transmitted signals instantly. Then it became apparent that fighter pilot's brains couldn't keep up.
 
John Turney said:
Then it became apparent that fighter pilot's brains couldn't keep up.
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One of the keys of fighter design is to make things as simple for the pilot as possible so as to allow them to keep their focus on teh bad guys!
 
The brains ability is amazing. I remember hearing about a concept where fighter pilots would have special headphones that enabled them to hear several separate commands at the same time. Tried looking it up but could not find anything on it yet.
In the same way that you can tell if a car is approaching from behind you or in front of you. The theory was that a piolet could be trained to have up to 4 separate channels. Front left, Front right, Rear left and Rear right.

David
 
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