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My car is the one place in the world where I stand a decent chance of escaping the all-pervading goddamn film and music industry.That's a very odd way of putting it. You do realise that music is not just a marketing platform, but also a very common form of entertainment and medium for artistic expression, right?
I'm not sure if you're saying that you don't listen to music at all while you're driving, but if you are, I think you have a very uncommon experience. When I ride in other people's cars, there is almost always music playing, either from a phone connected over bluetooth, a stack of CDs in a CD changer, or just a music radio station. Driving in silence is so uncommon that I'd consider it strange. When I am driving my own car, I often use my long Australian commute as an opportunity to listen to a full album.
Given that people do listen to music in cars, and that against better advice, they often fiddle with their non-built-in music playback devices while the car is in motion, an in-car entertainment system with a proper interface goes a long way to prevent distracted driving.