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General Forums => Off Topic forum => Topic started by: doseas on June 10, 2004, 07:25:44 pm
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/printe...id=NS6146656870 (http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/printerfriendly.cgi?id=NS6146656870)
Attn U.S. lawmakers: please, oh please, don\'t permit drivers to use this while driving -- we\'ve got enough trouble with idiots trying to use something as simple as a cell phone while piloting a vehicle! :roll:
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Lol like your comment~! but ya know there is some mystery why there isn\'t a big gigantic problem in Japan about watchin\' TV screens while driving...? But the knew device is pretty cool and it looks like it can browse the web and read e-mails
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They\'re not actually driving, but rather watching TV/DVD/web surfing etc while in gridlock...
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Actually all of the devices are supposed to turn off when the car is moving, however you can get devices that are supposed to be fitted in the back of the car that stay on when the car is in motion. Sometimes you see these fitted in the front so that the driver can see them too.
Anyone who has spent anytime driving in Japan will know that it\'s not important for the driver to watch where they are going but to know where they are going to go and where the nearest convenience store is.
Most of the in-car navi system are actually pretty usefull - especially finding your way around a city like Tokyo or Osaka where most of the streets were laid out seemingly at random. It\'s really cool to be driving along and have a voice (your choice of male or female) tell you very politely that you need to be in the right lane so that you can turn at the next intersection in 300, 200, 100, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 meters.
Stu
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I recently rented a van for a trip in to the mountains of Japan with my family. It was a Honda Stepwagon with car-navi installed. Without the navi I would have never found the cabin we rented. The downside is the route the navi chooses can sometimes be fairly scary. The voice telling me directions was cool. It also lists restaurants, etc. It was funny to zoom out over tokyo and see McDonalds M icons covering the picture. Finally, there is no safety issue with watching the screen while driving because there are no roads in Japan where you can go over 15mph!
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15 mph. Is that serious.
I\'m forvever seeing tuned up high power grey ipmorts of cars from Japan.
I assumed it was because they were really into a bit of racing over there.