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That's @lonelysandwich, he is the director of a lot of tech startup demos: http://sandwichvideo.com
Navdy: HUD for your car
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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car
#42This is the same guy from the Coin video ( https://onlycoin.com/ )! Who is this guy?
1Password too. http://vimeo.com/88901304
Re: Navdy: HUD for your car
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're assuming they a: notice and pay attention to the road, and b: they're familiar with how to drive, so know that is a trickier maneuver, and c: that they know how well you drive, so can contextualize a pause based on your ability. nope, it doesn't happen in real life.
You've never had someone pause a conversation while you merge onto a highway?
Me personally? Not without asking, no.
I have been in far more close calls as a result of being distracted by my passengers than by my cell phone.
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#44I think this is a really good alternative. While I do believe that anything that takes away from your attention (texting) while driving, should be banned. It's always going to be a problem whether there is a law against it or not. It comes down to.. would I rather someone be sending a text while looking down at their phone. Or would I feel better about someone sending a text, a message that's being sent regardless, w…
Wouldn't it be the same as using a Google Glass while driving?
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#45As an optics guy, I was seriously considering building one of these myself. Awesome stuff. I'll be ordering...
I'm not an optics guy, but I'm an electronics hacker. How hard would it be to learn the basics to do it?
Re: Navdy: HUD for your car
#46Really cool, I plan to get something like this as soon as it becomes available, my money is here, please post when you have product I can order and is reviewed by Ars or Engadget.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
This argument fails repeated testing. It turns out that human-human conversation involves both parties paying attention to the environment and co-operating to insert pauses and situational awareness. In essence, h-h communication in a car requires much less cognitive load on the driver because a large part of it becomes shared. We've all seen this fail at times too. That's when the driver has to tell the passenger to…
In fact it's addressed right below the linked section, but it contradicts your stance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet... Quoting: > In contrast, the University of Illinois meta-analysis concluded that passenger conversations were just as costly to driving performance as cell phone ones. > AAA ranks passengers as the third most reported cause of distraction-related accidents at 11 percent…
both of the studies referenced there were from a decade ago - 2004 and 2006. I wonder what the numbers would be today, given that there's so many more cellphones on the road.
The AAA reference is from 2001, and the document it links to is gone. Archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20061020134705/http://www.aaapub...
Haven't seen any actual numbers yet, but the 'human conversation' thing - 11% - how many of those involved children in the back seats distracting the driver?
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#48When I read "HUD for your car" I imagined a super cool HUD like the ones in nearly-sci-fi jets showing actually useful info about my crazy driving skills, other objects in sight, about routes and parking stuff, and about the car itself. I really didn't see it coming when it showed people using social media apps. But it's alright as long as it makes HUD displays more popular anyway... I guess!
BMW's modern HUDs show you some of that (navigational info, actual speed limits (sign reading), current speed/RPM/gear).
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This argument fails repeated testing. It turns out that human-human conversation involves both parties paying attention to the environment and co-operating to insert pauses and situational awareness. In essence, h-h communication in a car requires much less cognitive load on the driver because a large part of it becomes shared. We've all seen this fail at times too. That's when the driver has to tell the passenger to…
In fact it's addressed right below the linked section, but it contradicts your stance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet... Quoting: > In contrast, the University of Illinois meta-analysis concluded that passenger conversations were just as costly to driving performance as cell phone ones. > AAA ranks passengers as the third most reported cause of distraction-related accidents at 11 percent…
Two seconds of googling reveals the relevant study:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12...
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
> anything that takes attention from driving like showing text messages is a terrible idea and should be banned So advertisements beside roads should be banned?
In Germany advertisments beside the Autobahn are banned.
They're being outlawed in Czechia, too.