…we had fewer ‘toys’ to distract us when driving?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43023430
And don’t get me started on ‘infotainment’ TV screens on the dashboard.
…we had fewer ‘toys’ to distract us when driving?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43023430
And don’t get me started on ‘infotainment’ TV screens on the dashboard.
No.
We’d be safer of there was some form of idiocy test before being allowed behind the wheel.
Saw an advert for this reversing camera. Bit odd as the manufacturer peddles it as giving you more of an idea of what’s around you. They show videos in the bumph of people avoiding shopping trollies, that kind of thing. Its nothing moving your head about a bit can’t fix. A little screen in front of you draws you in from looking behind and robs you of sensing other things that are happening around you. When you’re bobbing your head about you’re much more aware.
I think all those car entertainment centres with huge screens are over the top. I like a car to have a basic controls, some seats, bodywork and nice engine. Mind you I do have cruise control, but I read the manual
Police said the car had been travelling at the national speed limit on the dual carriageway of 70mph and the Volvo’s support system - designed to help the driver avoid low-speed collisions when driving in slow-moving traffic - only works at up to 35mph.
Bwahahahahahaha…
Driverless vehicles are only just around the corner…
I too read my handbook.
Put it on ACC, recline seat, feet on dash, and lean against armrest to read. I find reading helps me relax whilst driving.I don`t wanna get stressed by looking out the windows at all the traffic now do I?
Franglais:
I too read my handbook.
Put it on ACC, recline seat, feet on dash, and lean against armrest to read. I find reading helps me relax whilst driving.I don`t wanna get stressed by looking out the windows at all the traffic now do I?
You’re not in one of those Teslas are you? You know, the ones where owners think they’re fully automated but they not?
Freight Dog:
I think all those car entertainment centres with huge screens are over the top. I like a car to have a basic controls, some seats, bodywork and nice engine. Mind you I do have cruise control, but I read the manual
I have one of them big screens in mine and I find it much easier than scrabbling around for buttons. It’s split up into four sections: sat nav, climate control, radio and phone. Tap the section you want and all the controls for that section appear nice and large. It’s all within my field of vision so I don’t have to take my eyes off the road.
It would all be a lot easier though if the voice control understood my accent!
Captain Caveman 76:
Freight Dog:
I think all those car entertainment centres with huge screens are over the top. I like a car to have a basic controls, some seats, bodywork and nice engine. Mind you I do have cruise control, but I read the manualI have one of them big screens in mine and I find it much easier than scrabbling around for buttons. It’s split up into four sections: sat nav, climate control, radio and phone. Tap the section you want and all the controls for that section appear nice and large. It’s all within my field of vision so I don’t have to take my eyes off the road.
It would all be a lot easier though if the voice control understood my accent!
Fair point, I see what you’re saying. Suppose on how basic and easy they’ve made the interface.
I’m a buttons and levers man in a car myself. I don’t have to search menus or look at anything, well other than the view over a bonnet. If I need more heat, my finger moves to the rocket switch and tweaks it up or down. I instinctively know where it is. Same with the phone. When it rings, you press the accessories stalk forward and it answers.
Voice activated would be good. “Engage warp speed Mr Sulu”
What about at night?
The screens and dashboards in the cars are just as bright at night, so what’s that doing to their night time vision if their eyes are unable to get used to the dark to be able to see then?
Goldfinger:
What about at night?The screens and dashboards in the cars are just as bright at night, so what’s that doing to their night time vision if their eyes are unable to get used to the dark to be able to see then?
Mine has a “night mode” and just like a mobile phone, it automatically adjusts the brightness. I can manually adjust it if I wish or use the physical button below the display to turn it off completely.
It’s almost like they’ve thought of everything, except the Hull accent!
Captain Caveman 76:
Goldfinger:
What about at night?The screens and dashboards in the cars are just as bright at night, so what’s that doing to their night time vision if their eyes are unable to get used to the dark to be able to see then?
Mine has a “night mode” and just like a mobile phone, it automatically adjusts the brightness. I can manually adjust it if I wish or use the physical button below the display to turn it off completely.
It’s almost like they’ve thought of everything, except the Hull accent!
Night mode as in this?
“I’m stranded, I have to walk home…”
If you want to be a good safe driver, you need to be alert. You need to be involved in the driving, not be a semi-detached observer.
Does taking duties away from the driver make for a more relaxed driver, or for a less involved, and therefore less safe driver?
Thats why the proposed convoying system looks like a non-starter. Steering, and doing nowt else, whilst staring at a truck
s rear doors is a recipe for disaster.
Freight Dog:
Captain Caveman 76:
Goldfinger:
What about at night?The screens and dashboards in the cars are just as bright at night, so what’s that doing to their night time vision if their eyes are unable to get used to the dark to be able to see then?
Mine has a “night mode” and just like a mobile phone, it automatically adjusts the brightness. I can manually adjust it if I wish or use the physical button below the display to turn it off completely.
It’s almost like they’ve thought of everything, except the Hull accent!
Night mode as in this?
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“I’m stranded, I have to walk home…”
Good link.
RTFM !
Franglais:
If you want to be a good safe driver, you need to be alert. You need to be involved in the driving, not be a semi-detached observer.
Does taking duties away from the driver make for a more relaxed driver, or for a less involved, and therefore less safe driver?That
s why the proposed convoying system looks like a non-starter. Steering, and doing nowt else, whilst staring at a truck
s rear doors is a recipe for disaster.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
dont be saying that otherwise all the night trunkers will be wanting danger money.
Goldfinger:
What about at night?The screens and dashboards in the cars are just as bright at night, so what’s that doing to their night time vision if their eyes are unable to get used to the dark to be able to see then?
You’ve been able to adjust the brightness of dash lights for as long as there have been dash lights!
toys or no toys,you cant educate pork.
im aware of a woman a while ago returning her new merc to the dealers because of poor mpg.
after several investigations over the following months as they could find no fault,then discovered she drove about with the lever in 1 all the time as had no concept of what the other positions were for apart for p for park.
its not the toys,its the retards that use them (or cant as in this case)
By far the safest ‘toy’ would be a 12" sharpened spike from the centre of the steering wheel pointed straight at your throat.
See how your driving style improves now.
Dork Lard:
By far the safest ‘toy’ would be a 12" sharpened spike from the centre of the steering wheel pointed straight at your throat.See how your driving style improves now.
Im sure that
s right.
But Id suspect that after a few days, it
d become invisible to some.
Franglais:
If you want to be a good safe driver, you need to be alert. You need to be involved in the driving, not be a semi-detached observer.
Does taking duties away from the driver make for a more relaxed driver, or for a less involved, and therefore less safe driver?
I think alertness is as much down to driver personality as it is to do with gadgets, I remember watching early Police Camera Actions from the 90’s where people crashed cars because they were distracted by things inside or outside the car and that was before mobile phones, complex entertainment systems and automation.
Driving has become such an everyday activity that most people aren’t really interested in that as soon as they have something else to occupy their mind they switch off the driving and focus on that.
I do think there is a problem with complexity of the systems for the average driver who isn’t really interested, hence this crash, the person has bought a complex piece of kit, but failed to understand the system, now this probably isn’t such a problem with a home entertainment system or even and in car entertainment system, but when it involves driving systems then maybe training is in order, but taking an exam to be able to buy a particular model of car might not help sales. But it might be important as the technology ramps up, Audi are saying that the new A8 is the first level 3 car, which means the driver doesn’t have to monitor it during driving, but this system only works under 60km/h and on road where opposing traffic is separated.
Franglais:
Thats why the proposed convoying system looks like a non-starter. Steering, and doing nowt else, whilst staring at a truck
s rear doors is a recipe for disaster.
Looking at recent Mercedes tests, it seems that the following drivers now have a monitor which show what is happening in front of the lead truck.
Franglais:
If you want to be a good safe driver, you need to be alert. You need to be involved in the driving, not be a semi-detached observer.
Does taking duties away from the driver make for a more relaxed driver, or for a less involved, and therefore less safe driver?That
s why the proposed convoying system looks like a non-starter. Steering, and doing nowt else, whilst staring at a truck
s rear doors is a recipe for disaster.
Totally agree mate. A complete lack of concentration behind the wheel is more often than not the culprit in accidents.
People seem obsessed with ’ gadgets '. Cruise control is something that I don’t tend to use much in my car, but whenever I change my motor, I am intelligent enough to familiarise myself with it when safe to do so.
Not when approaching a bloody lorry from behind on the motorway/major road at greater speed