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crazygringo ◴[] No.45314757[source]
> An analysis published in 2020 by the Transport Research Laboratory, a British organisation, found that touchscreens impaired a driver’s reaction time more than driving over the legal alcohol limit.

The question isn't whether they're dangerous, anymore.

The question is, when is safety legislation going to be passed that prevents them from being used for any routine adjustments while driving. I.e. windshield wipers, AC, change volume, skip to next track, etc.

Like it's fine if you still use them to input a GPS destination, change long-term car settings, connect a Bluetooth device, etc.

But we need to separate out the actions routinely used during driving and legislate physical controls. Why is there not legislation for this already?

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JustExAWS ◴[] No.45314916[source]
The cars I have had don’t let you change BT settings or many other settings and Apple Maps at least doesn’t let you type in an address while you’re driving from the display I don’t think. I’ve done it from my phone as a passenger.
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bongodongobob ◴[] No.45316743[source]
The Bluetooth thing infuriates me. If the connection fails on my way to work, I have to fucking pull over and park to reconnect my phone. It's literally just pushing the Bluetooth button on my dash. But oh no, that is not available when in motion. Navigate through multiple screens to adjust anything else? Totally fine.
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1. anonymars ◴[] No.45318986[source]
And passengers don't exist and would never like to play music or navigate from the passenger seat! Gives me road rage every time.
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2. JustExAWS ◴[] No.45319168[source]
The passenger can grab the phone that is connected via BT, CarPlay or Android Auto. In the case of CarPlay, someone in the backseat can connect to the phone that is using CarPlay by using Shareplay and control the music.
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3. bongodongobob ◴[] No.45322252[source]
Not on my 2015 Subaru it can't.
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4. anonymars ◴[] No.45322415[source]
I don't see how this realistically helps passengers play their own music
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5. JustExAWS ◴[] No.45322745{3}[source]
Well two things - if the driver has a CarPlay connected and then used SharePlay to allow the other person to control the playlist, then the other person can play anything they want to.

In our 2025 Kona - one of the cheapest cars sold by Hyundai - you can have CarPlay connected with one device and have another phone paired with BT for audio.

CarPlay doesn’t use Bluetooth. It is either wired or using WiFi direct

6. JustExAWS ◴[] No.45322818{3}[source]
A passenger can’t use your phone connected with BT and control the audio?

But it looks like the USB port in that model year Subaru supports the iPod protocol meaning if you have an iPhone, why wouldn’t the passenger be able to control the music?

If you have an Android it looks like it supports just using your phone as a dumb mass storage device that contains music.

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7. bongodongobob ◴[] No.45327234{4}[source]
The car has to be stopped to do anything involving pairing. I also do not have any iProducts.
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8. JustExAWS ◴[] No.45328157{5}[source]
If you have an Android device, you still should be able to connect it to the USB port and play music from the phone without Bluetooth pairing.

https://www.subaruxvforum.com/threads/playing-over-usb-with-...