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posted by janrinok on Sunday March 02 2014, @01:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the now-you-see-it,-now-you-don't dept.

Rich26189 writes:

"In a somewhat pre-emptive move Google is lobbying against state legislation that would ban drivers from using Google Glass while driving. I, for one, would like to see such legislation passed. There is enough distracted driving due to hand-held cell phones and Google Glass would just be just one more task for the brain to cope with.

This from Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-googl e-glass-lobbying-idUSBREA1O0P920140225"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Angry Jesus on Sunday March 02 2014, @09:25AM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Sunday March 02 2014, @09:25AM (#9478)

    there is no clear social good in allowing GG in the car.

    By that logic there is no clear social good in allowing telephone use in the car either.

    I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a generational issue - the fuddy-duddies who grew up with telephones but not the internet will say that sort of thing as rationalization to try to ban it. But the generations that have always known the net will turn it around because they have been texting since before they were teens and they will see it as such an obvious social good that it isn't even worth debating.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:04PM (#9684)

    By that logic there is no clear social good in allowing telephone use in the car either.

    I agree phones shouldn't be used by the driver

  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:21PM

    by tftp (806) on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:21PM (#9777) Homepage

    By that logic there is no clear social good in allowing telephone use in the car either.

    You are correct - there is none, unless you are calling 911. The society does not care that you are talking to your GF. The society cares that you do not flatten Little Johnny.

    • (Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:32PM

      by Angry Jesus (182) on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:32PM (#9786)

      You are correct - there is none, unless you are calling 911. The society does not care that you are talking to your GF.

      Of course society cares that you are talking to your girlfriend. For example, when she called you to get some medicine for her sick kid on your way home. Easy and efficient communication is a foundational social good -- that's why no state, an AFAIK, no country, has banned drivers from using cell phones. The kind of text messaging that google glass enables (eyes on the road, eyes at same focal point as the road, messages only displayed on command) is significantly less dangerous than cell phone use.

      • (Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:48PM

        by tftp (806) on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:48PM (#9797) Homepage

        True; but the right to use a cell phone is highly conditional (you have to have a speakerphone or BT setup, you aren't supposed to hold the phone, you aren't supposed to dial out...) It's a compromise, as many things are in this world. GG may also get a compromise if Google does their part. So far Google prefers to force their way in by trying to purchase laws.

        • (Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:57PM

          by Angry Jesus (182) on Sunday March 02 2014, @10:57PM (#9805)

          but the right to use a cell phone is highly conditional (you have to have a speakerphone or BT setup, you aren't supposed to hold the phone, you aren't supposed to dial out...)

          That's only true in a limited number of jurisdictions (10 states) and most of the research indicates that all the hands-free stuff makes no difference in the rate of accidents anyway. Plus, I've never heard of not being permitted to dial out.

          GG may also get a compromise if Google does their part. So far Google prefers to force their way in by trying to purchase laws.

          What is "their part?" TFA says laws are being proposed and google is responding to the proposals, they did not act first.

          • (Score: 1) by tftp on Sunday March 02 2014, @11:18PM

            by tftp (806) on Sunday March 02 2014, @11:18PM (#9815) Homepage

            Perhaps you live in one of those states that are a bit more free. In CA any use of handheld phones is illegal [nolo.com]. My Bluetooth speakerphone thingy (BlueAnt S4 [myblueant.com]) supports voice commands for all phone operations, including dialing a number.

            TFA says laws are being proposed

            When you hear passive voice, become suspicious. Nothing happens on its own. It would be too much to believe that the laws that are essential to Google just formed themselves out of thin air, entirely randomly, and that Google has nothing to do with that.

            • (Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Monday March 03 2014, @12:08AM

              by Angry Jesus (182) on Monday March 03 2014, @12:08AM (#9831)

              Perhaps you live in one of those states that are a bit more free.

              It doesn't matter where I live, the point is that your blanket statement is actually a minority opinion. At the very least there is significant doubt.

              When you hear passive voice, become suspicious.

              I always like when the person on the other side of a debate is reduced to conspiracy theories, it is a face-saving admission of having been wrong. If you actually RTFA you'd see that in most of the states where these laws are being proposed, google hasn't even gotten involved. Unless of course the people proposing the laws are lying about not having heard from google. Hey, they didn't deny that aliens had asked them to write the laws, so that's on the table too. BTW, no passive voice in TFA either.