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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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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday March 02 2014, @01:08PM
"doesn't know when to shut up like a real passenger would."
So, like, forbid transportation of ungagged children, and/or people without a valid drivers license, and/or young people without much experience? No transportation of housepets other than in a crate?
Something mysterious about text messages to me, is we have a multi-billion dollar industry oriented around using text messages and very soft core pr0n on billboards along the side of the road and in a neo-puritan sense thats great, but somebody looking at their own text messages is supposedly bad.
"If someone gets into an accident and they were watching porn on their headset, then they need to be charged with distracted driving."
So if my wife flashes me in person thats OK and all in good fun, but the neo-puritans think posting a selfie (optimistically in private mode) would be bad, um, OK, whatever. I've been distracted while driving by women in bikinis and the like. One of my more exhibitionist neighbors used to water her lawn and garden and yardwork while wearing not much over three square inches of fabric, and she's OK, but reddit isn't, or something. There is some value in being public, so when any driver sees my neighbor showing off, any driver knows any male driver will be extremely distracted and therefore can drive somewhat more defensively.