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GENIVI: moving an industry to open sourceGENIVI: moving an industry to open sourcePosted Aug 10, 2012 15:26 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)In reply to: GENIVI: moving an industry to open source by dlang Parent article: GENIVI: moving an industry to open source
and cell phones are nowhere near as distracting to the driver as a couple of kids fighting in the back seat. Cell phones are far more distracting. There are many studies showing that the impairment from being on a cell phone while driving is as bad as the impairment from being legally drunk. I won't even mention texting while driving which is in a whole other category of WTF.
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GENIVI: moving an industry to open source Posted Aug 10, 2012 15:49 UTC (Fri) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link]
I know someone who took part in a highly unscientific experiment involving some very experienced drivers, a test track, mobile phones and alchohol. Using a phone make your driving worse than alcohol does.
(N.B. this was on a test track, not public roads!)
GENIVI: moving an industry to open source Posted Aug 17, 2012 12:30 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] I won't even mention texting while driving which is in a whole other category of WTF.I have texted while driving on one of the old phones with a numeric keypad; it is not so hard once you learn all the key positions. Of course I did it while in a traffic jam to warn my wife; the vehicle was almost completely stopped. I will admit that it increases risk, but at that point risk was negligible. There is a similar trick on the movie The Departed, but without driving -- too easy. The problem with regulations is that they are always too generic or too specific; using a mobile is banned even when stopped or moving at 10 km/h. But if hundreds of lives are saved per year then it is well worth it.
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