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Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by dannyr »

viraptor wrote: post #25
astar wrote: post #3

Google glass is probably about as distracting as the various LED and console displays that already exist, including GPS ones

Current devices in the car cannot cover the centre of your view with some graphics. In most cases they're designed so that it's actually impossible. Can the same be guaranteed for Glass? I'm not even thinking about notifications and apps. What about a random app crash / reboot - how will that affect your visibility while driving?

"Current devices in the car cannot cover the centre of your view with some graphics."

Have you seen the Glass videos? The screen is on the top right of your view.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by darkchasma »

saulrh wrote: post #30

As I've said before, maybe people should actually try one of these things before they assume they know how they work. I've seen them before. I've used them. One of my professors does research with them. In particular: A person displaying contextual task information - like GPS navigation - with a head-mounted display spends less time switching contexts, is less distracted by context switches, and is generally more foc…

Politicians don't use facts to make laws, they use irrational fear. If they used facts, we would all have healthcare, no guns, prostitution and marijuana would be legal, but high fructose corn syrup, and diet soda would be illegal. And we certainly wouldn't have to take off our shoes to board and airplane.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by wnight »

awj wrote: post #20
infoman wrote: post #2

while hundreds of people brainstorm ideas how google glass can enrich the driving experience http://glass-apps.org/car-glass-app there are always those who wants to conserve the status quo and try to find any arguement

> there are always those who wants to conserve the status quo and try to find any arguement Driving without people being physically incapable of being distracted by their text messages is a status quo I'd like to preserve. There are a lot of potential awesome application of Glass, including to driving, but to ignore how it would extend our current technology-while-driving-issues is simply being myopic.

We already have all the laws we need. Unsafe driving, for any reason, is punishable.

If we need a law for eye-mounted screens we'll need another law for intra-ocular implants, and exceptions for eye-taps for medical purpose, and another law forbidding thinking about fantasy football, and so forth.

Too many laws doesn't achieve the objective, it just causes lawyers.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by waterlesscloud »

saulrh wrote: post #30

As I've said before, maybe people should actually try one of these things before they assume they know how they work. I've seen them before. I've used them. One of my professors does research with them. In particular: A person displaying contextual task information - like GPS navigation - with a head-mounted display spends less time switching contexts, is less distracted by context switches, and is generally more foc…

There's no reason to believe that contextual task information would be the only (or even primary) use of Glass while driving. It's certainly not the only way other mobile devices are used while driving.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by GHFigs »

niggler wrote: post #24
johneth wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Some cars already project information onto the windshield. Yes - information such as speed. Driving related things which the driver would normally need to know while operating the vehicle. Google Glass is a distraction in much the same way a mobile phone is while driving - it's removing your attention from the road to do things such as texting. So you can't compare the two.

There's no reason to believe that google glass wouldn't be aware of the fact that you are driving (e.g. Looking at distance traveled) and tailor information accordingly (traffic reports, best path)

Does the current device actually do this? If not, I'd say that's a very good reason to believe.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by rayiner »

alexvr wrote: post #18

People should have the right to do whatever the heck they want with their property. While these "lawmakers" are at it, they should ban all of the voice-enabled cars and force people to text and hold the phone while driving. I was driving down the road in an unfamiliar place with my iPhone and Google Maps in my lap, looking at it every now and then, and I noticed that after looking for a second I was usually half a fo…

> People should have the right to do whatever the heck they want with their property.

The fact is that your property (your car) is only useful on public property (roads). Legislators have every right to regulate what you do on public property.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by ahallock »

darkchasma wrote: post #32
saulrh wrote: post #30

As I've said before, maybe people should actually try one of these things before they assume they know how they work. I've seen them before. I've used them. One of my professors does research with them. In particular: A person displaying contextual task information - like GPS navigation - with a head-mounted display spends less time switching contexts, is less distracted by context switches, and is generally more foc…

Politicians don't use facts to make laws, they use irrational fear. If they used facts, we would all have healthcare, no guns, prostitution and marijuana would be legal, but high fructose corn syrup, and diet soda would be illegal. And we certainly wouldn't have to take off our shoes to board and airplane.

Sarcasm? All you've done with your example is trade one set of authoritarian, capricious rules with another. How about we just stop dictating people's lives?

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by niggler »

GHFigs wrote: post #35
niggler wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no reason to believe that google glass wouldn't be aware of the fact that you are driving (e.g. Looking at distance traveled) and tailor information accordingly (traffic reports, best path)

Does the current device actually do this? If not, I'd say that's a very good reason to believe.

Is the current device available for consumer purchase? If not , I'd say that's a very good reason to believe it is still in development and that this software feature is either provided or could be developed before google glass is released

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by uptown »

Evbn wrote: post #4

Because this thing that they have never used and isn't yet on the market is the most pressing threat to public safety? Methinks they just want an excuse to subpoena some devices to play with. Or are they going to ban dashboards next, since they distract drivers from the road?

Which is it? Do we want laws that are so archaic they test their own relevance ... or do we want laws that adapt to the changing world in which they're designed to apply? More often than not, we see the legal system trail far behind the technological realities of the society they're intended to regulate. While I'm no fan of legislation for the sake of legislation, I'm happy to see a more forward-thinking approach to these types of things. And yes - there currently are laws on the books banning things like entertainment systems in the dashboard to help prevent distracted driving.

Re: Lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

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Post by [deleted] »

kpanghmc wrote: post #27
alexvr wrote: post #18

People should have the right to do whatever the heck they want with their property. While these "lawmakers" are at it, they should ban all of the voice-enabled cars and force people to text and hold the phone while driving. I was driving down the road in an unfamiliar place with my iPhone and Google Maps in my lap, looking at it every now and then, and I noticed that after looking for a second I was usually half a fo…

No, people should not, and do not, have the right to do whatever the heck they want with their property, especially when what they're doing puts other people's lives in danger. That's why we have laws against things like drinking and driving. That's not to say that I think Glass should be outlawed while driving. But lawmakers certainly have the right and responsibility to question whether it should be.

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