XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy.anon-server   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-11 18:36:00 +0000, Fritz Wuehler said:   
   >>   
   >> I find it ironic that a laptop is an essential feature of a modern police   
   >> cruiser. In the 25 years or so that I've worked in the public safety   
   >> sector it's went from a very simplistic status display to a full blown   
   >> system. Of course, an officer would never be screwing around with the   
   >> laptop while driving. :)   
   >>   
   >> It's probably a personal shortcoming but I find screwing around with the   
   >> visual display to change a channel, select the USB input, and so forth to   
   >> be distracting. I'm not sure that is an improvement on the old pushbutton   
   >> radios.   
   >   
   > I drove big rigs for a while.  I had a laptop setup on the passenger   
   > seat to keep track of where I was on the highway and record mileages   
   > when crossing state lines.  I had to discipline myself to not look at   
   > it for more 2 seconds at a time.  It is amazing how quickly a vehicle   
   > can start heading towards disaster.   
      
   Even two seconds can be far too long and more than enough time for   
   someone else to do something stupid right in front of your moving   
   vehicle.  :-(   
      
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