[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Is it not just a matter of degree/time?
Compared to turning the old dials, buttons, slides for setting a/c, radio, answering the phone, reading (anything), eating, taking/putting back a drink container, etc.

The touch screen is just today's variant.
They are all/have been/continue to be distractions.

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

Thanks to this Public Service Announcement, I shall never again look at my speedometer, gas gauge, temp gauge, rear view mirror, or any other distraction that requires me to take my eyes off the road.

Thank you . . . . Exactly -- you both hit the nail on the head. Call it multi-tasking or whatever other terminology you care to use, there is NO WAY you can 100% keep your eyes fastened to the road, and if that is what you do, you are a lousy and unsafe driver.

There are too many other things involved with what you should be doing when driving and the posts above are only a few mentioned things.
Accessory items (radio, power windows, cup holder, etc.) require the same attention as necessary items (windshield wipers, rear/side view mirrors, ventilation.
If you can't do all related things with the same mind-set safety, then you either shouldn't have them installed or shouldn't be driving.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Fredster

I think progress is great, but I think we must realize that there is price to pay for everything...
Kind of like the Yin and Yang of life.
I recall before television families spent more time together.
Before electronic calculators more peple could count,
and before cell phones and texting people communicated
one on one with each other more frequently,
and didn’t drive while texting.
We split the atom, and on one hand a good thing, but now we have concerns about nuclear holocaust.

While we're at it, let's not forget:

- Before electricity, everyone went to bed early instead of staying up watching TV or playing on the internet....and got a good night's sleep on their bug infested mattresses.

- Before the railroad and automobile, people weren't able to easily interact with different people & cultures...and be poisoned by new experiences and/or ideas.

- Before the wheel was invented, humans were in better shape...because of moving things around with only their muscles.


That danged technology...has ruined us.

Touchscreens require more attention than dials as you sometimes have to go through multiple screens to do a task whereas the dials are always in the same place.

[Chatbrat]

If you have to take your eyes off the road to operate your windows, windshield washers, headlights--your car wasn't designed for the driver--in Germany cars don't come with cup holders-it takes @ least $1500.00 in courses and @ least 6 months before you can get your license

[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

If you have to take your eyes off the road to operate your windows, windshield washers, headlights--your car wasn't designed for the driver--in Germany cars don't come with cup holders-it takes @ least $1500.00 in courses and @ least 6 months before you can get your license

Farfegnugen !


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[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

Bingo. I had to chuckle as I envision the laughter as one of the "we don't like progress or change" generation tells the salesperson he wants roll up windows instead of electric.
Once the "can't take change" generation is no longer driving, we can move on without all the hand-wringing.

There are many, many, members of the generation that you speak of reading this who don't fit this description.

[Fraugoofy]

Originally Posted by Wiotte

Farfegnugen !


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Fahrvernuegen!

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[billethkid]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

Bingo. I had to chuckle as I envision the laughter as one of the "we don't like progress or change" generation tells the salesperson he wants roll up windows instead of electric.
Once the "can't take change" generation is no longer driving, we can move on without all the hand-wringing.

The so called "can't take change generation" is a figment of the current generation's outlook. When the current generation becomes the past generation they to will become set in their ways......they could even be labeled as "the can't take change generation"....by someone younger!!!!!!!

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Fraugoofy

Fahrvernuegen!

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No, No, No, it's FahverNuckyen! You were both close though. I remember this word being used for the VW commercials that it meant for your driving pleasure?

[Topspinmo]

If i had it to do all over again I would of just kept my first, second car, and my first truck. I could repair anything that would of went wrong with them and look at all the money I would of saved not buying the other 38!

[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by Fraugoofy

Fahrvernuegen!

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Yours is the German, mine the English variant.


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[villagerjack]

I still have trouble setting the clock.

[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by villagerjack

I still have trouble setting the clock.

A good idea would be to read your owner's manual, but most people don't bother!

[OhioBuckeye]

You know I agree with the person that said use the voice command. But I have been in cars where you make a voice command & it will say something completely different, then that gets frustrating. But as far as anything else in your car like radio, heater, AC, ect. ect. These things have been in cars since cars were made, so that's going a little over board with the distraction thing. We never made an issue about being distracted until cell phone have been popular & cell phone have become a little computer. Some people try to play games while driving, don't laugh I've seen this 2 times here in TV. But yes there's a lot of distractions in a car. Maybe that's why our insurance rates keep going up & up.

Originally Posted by Nucky

No, No, No, it's FahverNuckyen! You were both close though. I remember this word being used for the VW commercials that it meant for your driving pleasure?

FahverNuckyen