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schmichael ◴[] No.45295251[source]
Please stop multitasking while driving.

The tech seems neat and all but please stop multitasking while driving, encouraging others to multitask while driving, and building products specifically designed to encourage multitasking while driving.

If you want to work while you're in transit: take public transit.

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citizenpaul ◴[] No.45304516[source]
The problem is that probably over 98% of the roads in the country are almost 0 chance of unexpected event. Nearly empty roads, small towns and cities with crosswalks that never see a single pedestrian.

In the bay though. Holy crap driving here was a wake up call for me. You cannot drive distracted here. I've driven in every major US city. The bay is by far the worst. Yes even then NYC, ATL and Miami. Chicago or Houston is a probably 2nd worst.

At the same time my partner often gets mad at me for refusing to do anything but focus when I drive. So I agree in general but I'm not everyone. This device seems like it will help people avoid incidents.

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yard2010 ◴[] No.45305611[source]
You can't be distracted from driving no matter where you are driving or when. When driving you have to be 100% focused in driving because every tiny risk you take can be fatal or worse.

I hate to be this guy but I've lost too many people for small stupid mistakes. The equivalent of this is getting killed when you accidentally bump into someone in the supermarket. This is just not fair.

Never take a chance, stay safe, life is precious and fragile.

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1. johnisgood ◴[] No.45311849[source]
At this point you could have just said it generally: "stay 100% focused, stay safe, life is precious and fragile".