XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <201403131814575631-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-03-13 23:52:00 +0000, George Kerby  said:   
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   > > On 3/13/14 4:33 PM, in article lft877$f0m$3@news.datemas.de, "Alan Baker"   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 2014-03-11 20:15:43 +0000, Your Name said:   
   > >>   
   > >>> In article , Brent   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> On 2014-03-11, Your Name  wrote:   
   > >>>>> In article , Brent   
   > >>>>>  wrote:   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>> On 2014-03-11, Your Name  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>> In article , Brent   
   > >>>>>>>  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> On 2014-03-10, Your Name  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>>> The ONLY thing you should be doing while driving the car is DRIVING   
   > >>>>>>>>> THE   
   > >>>>>>>>> CAR, which includes things like using the indicators, but does not   
   > >>>>>>>>> include fiddling with unnecessary bits like the radio, GPS system,   
   > >>>>>>>>> cellphone, airconditioning, etc.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Some people even keep their hands off the defroster, probably   
   > >>>>>>>> because it   
   > >>>>>>>> shares controls with the AC. :)   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> Hmmm ... so you get in the car and find it all frosted up, they   
   ignore   
   > >>>>>>> that and drive off. Then X blocks down the road they suddenly realise   
   > >>>>>>> they can't see anything and start fiddling with the defroster while   
   > >>>>>>> still driving ... nope, the sensible version is to turn on the   
   > >>>>>>> defroster before you drive off. If you must turn it off again later,   
   > >>>>>>> then wait until you're at least stopped at a red trtaffic light, or   
   > >>>>>>> even better pull over and stop somehwere safe ... you DO NOT fiddle   
   > >>>>>>> with it while driving along.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> And don't turn on the headlights without pulling over first!   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Can't tbe too safe!   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Headlights are part of driving, if it's dark or low-visibility. Many   
   > >>>>> cars these days now come with automatic headlights anyway (and a  damn   
   > >>>>> nuisance they are when driving through short tunnels or under   
   > >>>>> over-bridges).   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> So you just make arbitrary decisions on which systems are part of   
   > >>>> driving and which are not and what can wait and what can't.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> Personally I don't turn the headlights on while moving ... it's far too   
   > >>>>> easy for some dimbulb to think you're flashing your lights as a signal   
   > >>>>> to let them turn across the road in front of you. I either put the   
   > >>>>> headlights on before I start driving, or if it's still daylight then   
   > >>>>> I'll turn them on at a convenient traffic light stop. Apart from some   
   > >>>>> mid-winter nights coming home, I'm not really ever out in the dark   
   > >>>>> anyway.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Let me guess, you don't drive a car with a manual transmission either.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> If you don't know what is necessary for driving and what isn't, then   
   > >>> you shouldn't be on the road at all. Playing with the radio is NOT   
   > >>> necessary, playing with the air conditioning is NOT neccessary. Using   
   > >>> indicators IS neccessary.   
   > >>   
   > >> But using the radio need be no more "distracting" than operating other   
   > >> systems you deem "necessary".   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > Exactly. That's why there are "seek" and "scan" functions. Today, there is   
   > > also audio interface on some models.   
   >   
   > I can access a whole bunch of stuff right from my steering wheel; all   
   > audio (Radio,Sat radio, iDevice, CD changer, or the contents of   
   > whatever I insert in my dash PCI slot) phone, Nav, voice control,   
   > various LCD readouts, lighting adjustment, traction control adjustment,   
   > and more all at my finger tips. That includes those on stalks, cruise   
   > control, wiper control, high/lo beam, & turn signals   
      
   Buttons for unnecessary equipment all over the steering wheel are only   
   slightly better than having them elsewhere. You're still distracted   
   even if your hands are still on the wheel.   
      
   Voice controls are slightly better again ... assuming the system can   
   actually understand you and doesn't open the trunk while driving along   
   at 100mph or suddenly turn off traction control, intead of simply   
   turning the volume up.   
      
      
   On a side note, it has always struck me as silly that car radios do not   
   have an automatic volume control that inceases as the car speeds up and   
   decreases as it slows down to account for things like tyre noise.   
      
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