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This doesn't make much sense for cars that aren't self driving, it's just about getting it to market asap.
Not only will it be a disastrously bad shopping experience, it will cause death and carnage. This is exactly the kind of ridiculously crazy stuff they come up with with board rooms when the sycophants don't have enough balls to tell their leaders they are nuts. It's good to be ambitious, this is just stupid. Now - if they could make it so you could get your car filled up and 'pay with your car' i.e. no credit cards,…
Sure, but think of all of those billions of dollars they could make! We're talking about GM here. Passenger and driver safety is not exactly their top concern:
“Financed by the merchants...” I’m trying to think of a scenario where this ends well. I apparently lack imagination. I mean, Apple tries very hard to discourage me from using my phone while driving (I have to push a button that say, “I’m a shithead who thinks he’s the exception that can drive while looking at a phone”). How hard do you think those “financing merchants” are going to try?
“Financed by the merchants...” I’m trying to think of a scenario where this ends well. I apparently lack imagination. I mean, Apple tries very hard to discourage me from using my phone while driving (I have to push a button that say, “I’m a shithead who thinks he’s the exception that can drive while looking at a phone”). How hard do you think those “financing merchants” are going to try?
This is just ahead of the curve, self driving cars are coming /s
Not only will it be a disastrously bad shopping experience, it will cause death and carnage. This is exactly the kind of ridiculously crazy stuff they come up with with board rooms when the sycophants don't have enough balls to tell their leaders they are nuts. It's good to be ambitious, this is just stupid. Now - if they could make it so you could get your car filled up and 'pay with your car' i.e. no credit cards,…
Welcome to late stage capitalism.
In my province there are now more traffic deaths related to distracted driving than impaired driving, and yet new cars are featuring ever more and more ways to distract the driver. Is it time for government regulators to step in?
On Subaru’s they disable functionality related to Bluetooth pairing when you are driving . This would be a good solution for things like these. On the other hand touch screens don’t let you have tactile or muscle memory which is probably a big part which would add to distractions . And your point about that these should be regulated I agree with .
I have always felt that ends up incentivizing simply using the device itself, which seems to be less safe than letting the car take control and using the functions that are designed to be used while driving.
Ideally people wouldn't feel the need to use their phone while driving at all, but the world is far from ideal.
Not only will it be a disastrously bad shopping experience, it will cause death and carnage. This is exactly the kind of ridiculously crazy stuff they come up with with board rooms when the sycophants don't have enough balls to tell their leaders they are nuts. It's good to be ambitious, this is just stupid. Now - if they could make it so you could get your car filled up and 'pay with your car' i.e. no credit cards,…
Not only will it be a disastrously bad shopping experience, it will cause death and carnage. This is exactly the kind of ridiculously crazy stuff they come up with with board rooms when the sycophants don't have enough balls to tell their leaders they are nuts. It's good to be ambitious, this is just stupid. Now - if they could make it so you could get your car filled up and 'pay with your car' i.e. no credit cards,…
Driving past Speedway and get bombarded with an advertisement for Shell and Exxon Mobil.
Drive past McDonald's, KFC, Taco Bell, Arby's, Waffle House and Wendy's (all in my town) and get blasted with advertisements for TGI Fridays who closed the only one near me last year leaving the closest location 40+ miles away.
Drive past the local Coffee/Donut Shop (which are great and cheap) and get advertisements for Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.
How freaking useful. /s
Other than learning how to disable this, just like with OnStar, this provides absolutely zero benefit for me and people I know.