Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by adambratt » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

#2

Post by 100k » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:34 PM UTC

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...

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by dchuk » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:36 PM UTC

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.

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#4

Post by daniel_reetz » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:37 PM UTC

As an optics guy, I was seriously considering building one of these myself. Awesome stuff. I'll be ordering...

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Post by hartator » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

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.

I still feel it's a lot of less dangerous than reading your texts in your phone. You still seeing the road in a way.

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Post by vnchr » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:47 PM UTC

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.

If that were absolutely true, eating while driving would be debated as heavily or more.

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Post by yafujifide » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

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...

> 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?

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Post by elitrium » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

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, while looking ahead in front of them.

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Post by Game_Ender » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:49 PM UTC

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

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Post by jff » Tue, Aug 05, 2014, 5:49 PM UTC

vnchr wrote: post #6

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.

If that were absolutely true, eating while driving would be debated as heavily or more.

It only takes a minute or two to eat, while a lot of people will spend the entire trip on the phone, either talking or texting.

Also, I don't know about you, but I don't have to think much about eating, compared to carrying on a conversation or reading.