Originally Posted by
jsmonet
after actually reading the article, and having read up on these new features i'm driven to ask this one simple question of you people
how does this change anything...at all?
here, i'll answer that for you: it doesn't. unbunch the panties, ok? voice-op control in a car is *fantastic* hit a button, tell the car what you want, it does it.
Exactly. No, I don't have voice control in my car, but one of my friends from work does, and it's really no worse of a distraction than when talking to someone inside the car.
And the line about more distracted drivers in the future? That's saying two things -- that the people who do it the least, i.e. old people, won't be around forever, so the basic percentage of gadget users will increase. And, because more people will be trying to multitask, it's going to depend upon the automakers to do what they can to
reduce distractions inside the car while it's in motion.
All the legislation under consideration regarding distracted driving is getting support from automakers, too, not resistance. If BF should have a reaction to what Ford is working on, it should be a positive one instead of this knee-jerk ranting.
But, it's bikeforums.net. It wouldn't be as busy without reactionary, ill-informed complaining.