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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by viggity »

mgkimsal wrote: post #47
kaoD wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 t…

not only are there more phones on the road. they're almost all touch screen (no tactile response = more likely to look at it to use it) and they're almost all smart phones, so morons like the one in the video can "compose tweets" while driving.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by __david__ »

desireco42 wrote: post #52
exhilaration wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might change your mind if you ever have the opportunity to rent a car that has a HUD - having just the navigation directions on the windshield is great, your eyes never leave the road.

Where did you see that, I didn't notice they are offering anything like that?

Their 2nd big picture on the site shows it (with some artistic license): https://www.navdy.com/assets/bg_2-6d1e2edf72162edc92d6955512...

Another one here: https://www.navdy.com/assets/directions-491e1e1af7ef47c676ab...

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by Yaggo »

My 2010 Prius has little monochrome HUD showing speed, navigation info, and power consumption (configurable). Although less fancy than Navdy, it's really useful because you will always see the road in background. Should become a standard in every car.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by roc »

Game_Ender wrote: post #9
dchuk wrote: post #3

I'm not sure that showing off how your new product can make texting while driving easier is the best idea. The whole hands free debate isn't about literally keeping your hands free of objects, it's the psychological distraction of texting/talking/browsing that causes the safety issues. If it were just about keeping your hands free to stay on the steering wheel, people with one arm wouldn't be allowed to drive.

Much of the current public outreach really does focus on people taking their eyes off the road and missing things [0]. Usually in pretty graphic ways [1]. The other main focus is navigation in the car, which pretty much everyone does now, so making that safer is a win. [0] - http://www.ibtimes.com/texting-drivers-take-eyes-road-5-seco... [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss021L0hWU4

I wonder to what degree navigation is a fundamentally different case.

A given driver on a given trip is well-shown to be more attentive to traffic and less disruptive if you deny them distractions. (conversation, radio, food, etc)

But it seems plausible that a lost driver is a special case and may be less attentive and more disruptive to traffic if you deny them a navigational aid.

Anecdotally that feels true, though I don't know if it's been studied specifically.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by mrfusion »

Side note: I'm always annoyed that Siri insists I read a preview of what it thinks I want a text message to say. Otherwise texting could be completely voice based.

Why can't it read the message back to me? That would give me a rough idea of whether Siri got it right?

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by [deleted] »

Yaggo wrote: post #64

My 2010 Prius has little monochrome HUD showing speed, navigation info, and power consumption (configurable). Although less fancy than Navdy, it's really useful because you will always see the road in background. Should become a standard in every car.

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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by mbreese »

mrfusion wrote: post #67

Side note: I'm always annoyed that Siri insists I read a preview of what it thinks I want a text message to say. Otherwise texting could be completely voice based. Why can't it read the message back to me? That would give me a rough idea of whether Siri got it right?

Siri does read it back to you... at least she does to me when I'm using my handsfree setup in the car.

"Your message to PERSON says SIRI-MANGLED-MESSAGE. Would you like to send it?"

You can send or change it by voice.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by canjobear »

mrfusion wrote: post #67

Side note: I'm always annoyed that Siri insists I read a preview of what it thinks I want a text message to say. Otherwise texting could be completely voice based. Why can't it read the message back to me? That would give me a rough idea of whether Siri got it right?

Say "read it to me."
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