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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by mrfusion »

mbreese wrote: post #69
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.

Hmm, so you're saying bluetooth triggers that?

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by gdilla »

100k wrote: post #2

HUD navigation could be cool, but anything that takes attention from driving like showing text messages is a terrible idea and should be banned. Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. Even hands free phone calls are distracting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet...

but it's no worse than several displays, screens and buttons that area already present in your car that divert your attention even more than a HUD would.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by buro9 »

As soon as I saw that it combines OBD II information from the car with turn-by-turn information from Google Maps... and they offer a 30-day money-back guarantee upon receiving it... sold.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by masklinn »

kachnuv_ocasek wrote: post #50
DasIch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany advertisments beside the Autobahn are banned.

They're being outlawed in Czechia, too.

In France they're illegal around (and visible from) express roads (roads with central separators and at least 2 lanes each ways, generally limited to 110km/h) and highways (same but with more stringent sizing specs, extensive shoulders and usually speed-limited to 130km/h), within 40 meters in cities and 200 meters outside.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by ChikkaChiChi »

zheshishei wrote: post #44
elitrium wrote: post #8

I 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?

Other than for navigation, Glass while driving is insanely distracting.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by unsignedint »

Maybe it's just me, but I just don't understand why drivers feel like they need to receive/respond to their call/text while they are driving.

More often than not, someone other side won't realize I'm driving and see I can work out some magic until I tell them I'm driving.

Because of this annoyance I've started ignoring any attempts to reach me while I'm driving.

What would be cool service, actually would be the service that can cause call to go through only when it's really urgent, but caller only gets a certain number of "urgency" calls to be saved for REAL emergency.

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