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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by JacksonGariety »

GBond wrote: post #137
drbawb wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest this is sort of how I felt when I got my first iPhone. I was downtown in a very busy urban center that I absolutely hate navigating. I was so happy to have an iPhone that was aiding me through the maze of one-way streets; for once I wouldn't be late for my rendezvous. Just then: the person I was picking up decided to call me. iOS decided that a phone call was more important than driving, so it displayed…

Sooo... you're upset your phone behaves like a phone?

Nope. He appears to be sort of upset that iPhones exist at all.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by servowire »

tshile wrote: post #92

Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all the studies about the dangers of distracted driving. And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water, if the pilots were using huds to tweet, text, and select music while landing... instead they're using huds to display important information... I like the technology, I just don't like the suggested use cases for…

This should be banned. Really. I don't want this on the same road as my loved ones. When you are driving, you are driving. Not reading/tweeting.

Even more, mounting "something" to the front window is illegal in a lot of places in the world [1]. At least Netherlands and U.S. In The Netherlands operating a phone while driving (voice operated carkit exempt) gives you a ~$250 fine.

Furthermore, obstructing part of your window is dangerous. You could miss something. And it's distracting (our eyes focus on motion).

What a idiotic idea.

[1]http://www.poi-factory.com/node/34521

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by poof131 »

While part of me is fascinated by the idea, part of me is slightly appalled. For one, they seem to be mixing internet UX with aviation UX and hoping for the best on America’s roadways. I’ve flown extensively with both a HUD and an HMCS. Even a missile alert is a small flashing icon, not a giant picture. And this is in a plane where other objects are not usually in your immediate vicinity. All I can think looking at that picture with mom calling, is wow, “I just drove off the cliff because mom called, this sucks, well at least the scenery’s beautiful, and this HUD’s pretty cool.”

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by ricardobeat »

I recently drove a Citroen rental car with a HUD display. It only displayed critical info: gear, speed, cruise control mode, and next gps turn.

This is just a gimmick. I would never, ever want it to display tweets or whatever distracting content, just because you can still see the road doesn't mean it won't take away your attention. Until we have self-driving cars there is no technology that will magically make it possible to multitask while driving...

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by stuaxo »

tshile wrote: post #92

Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all the studies about the dangers of distracted driving. And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water, if the pilots were using huds to tweet, text, and select music while landing... instead they're using huds to display important information... I like the technology, I just don't like the suggested use cases for…

Came here to say the same thing, are they joking ? This is terrible terrible terrible idea.

HUDs are a good idea, but it should be showing info about driving.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by Sami_Lehtinen »

mikeash wrote: post #104
tshile wrote: post #92

Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all the studies about the dangers of distracted driving. And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water, if the pilots were using huds to tweet, text, and select music while landing... instead they're using huds to display important information... I like the technology, I just don't like the suggested use cases for…

Additionally, pilots rarely need second-by-second reactions. There are times when you do, and you want to maintain awareness, but the odds of crashing because you took 15 seconds to look at a map are extremely low. The odds of crashing because you're focusing on details and forget to keep track of where you are or how much fuel you have or other long-term items are much higher. The requirements for awareness in a car…

Well, taking changes is not the point. There are two pilots, at least one of them should be looking out all the time, doing scanning. It's unfortunate when two airliners collide, because nobody was watching where they're flying. It has been happening. Even in situations when both planes have been already warned about the precense of other planes.

Problem with planes is really high speed, so the plane can be just a pinhead, even if there's good visibility and in the following 15 seconds you're doing something else, is enough to collide.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by gambiting »

senorprogrammer wrote: post #19
kaoD wrote: post #17

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Well, if hand free phone calls are distracting because you're holding a conversation, we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right? Even driving with passengers should be banned just in case, and all vehicles be single-seaters or have soundproof glass between the driver and passengers. Music is pretty distracting to some people. Car stereos should definitely be banned too. To be fair, both having a co…

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…

>>That's when the driver has to tell the passenger to stop talking so they can concentrate on directions or signage, etc.

When I do it to my mother she gets cross and starts talking even more, which is even more distracting. There is no good way out of this situation I am afraid. Some people have absolutely no situational awareness and are actively distracting as passengers.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by gambiting »

SeanDav wrote: post #102
kaoD wrote: post #17

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Well, if hand free phone calls are distracting because you're holding a conversation, we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right? Even driving with passengers should be banned just in case, and all vehicles be single-seaters or have soundproof glass between the driver and passengers. Music is pretty distracting to some people. Car stereos should definitely be banned too. To be fair, both having a co…

You are being disingenuous. Of course some of your points make sense in certain circumstances . > we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right That genie is already out of the bottle and would be impractical to implement. In any case it far less distracting talking to a passenger than trying to reply to a text or conducting what may be a serious conversation on a phone. Additionally the passenger can…

>>Additionally the passenger can shut up instantly if (s)he sees a situation developing or even help bring your attention to it.

If they know what to look for. Doesn't work with children, people who don't drive themselves so they have no idea what to look out for, or even worse, it can work the other way around, when someone yells "WATCH OUT" at the top of their lungs because they perceive danger, even though you were not in any(saying hi to all my elderly relatives here).

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by gambiting »

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

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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?

I test drove a BMW M6 which had it, it was amazing. I believe most high-end BMW cars have this as an option.
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