New car technology is great right up to the point you're tagging songs and checking out graphs and then it's "Ahhhhh! WATCH OUT FOR THE NUNS!" Here are ten in-car technologies we find seriously distracting.
Technology: Cameras
Example: Range Rover Sport
Why it's getting dangerous: It started with a backup camera piped into the navigation screen, then cars started getting wide angle cameras on the nose to help peek around corners, but the Range Rover Sport boasts five cameras littered around the perimeter of the vehicle to supposedly help in off-roading. The likelihood of any Range Rover Sport so much as dirtying a tire is next to nil, so drivers will probably just use them to perv it up and check out sexy pedestrians on the sly.
Example: Range Rover Sport
Why it's getting dangerous: It started with a backup camera piped into the navigation screen, then cars started getting wide angle cameras on the nose to help peek around corners, but the Range Rover Sport boasts five cameras littered around the perimeter of the vehicle to supposedly help in off-roading. The likelihood of any Range Rover Sport so much as dirtying a tire is next to nil, so drivers will probably just use them to perv it up and check out sexy pedestrians on the sly.
Technology: Customizable/animated gauge clusters
Example: Ford Fusion Hybrid
Why it's getting dangerous: Anyone who's driven a Ford Fusion Hybrid will tell you the first 20 minutes in the car are rather dangerous because you can't help but fixate on the cool LCD gauges. They grow leaves when you're driving economically, give you all kinds of information about the way the car's operating and generally completely distract you from the task of driving.
Example: Ford Fusion Hybrid
Why it's getting dangerous: Anyone who's driven a Ford Fusion Hybrid will tell you the first 20 minutes in the car are rather dangerous because you can't help but fixate on the cool LCD gauges. They grow leaves when you're driving economically, give you all kinds of information about the way the car's operating and generally completely distract you from the task of driving.
Technology: In-car wireless
Example: Chrysler UConnect system
Why it's getting dangerous: There are few things as distracting as the internet and putting it into a car is just begging for trouble. Let's assume drivers aren't dumb enough to go surfing while they're driving, that doesn't mean passengers aren't constantly showing off the latest disgustingly brilliant creation on thisiswhyyourefat.com.
Example: Chrysler UConnect system
Why it's getting dangerous: There are few things as distracting as the internet and putting it into a car is just begging for trouble. Let's assume drivers aren't dumb enough to go surfing while they're driving, that doesn't mean passengers aren't constantly showing off the latest disgustingly brilliant creation on thisiswhyyourefat.com.
Technology: Massaging/Active Seats
Example: Mercedes-Benz SL550
Why it's getting dangerous: The idea of massaging seats aren't particularly new, but combined with the now normalized seat heater it's a recipe for nap time, napping of course being the most passive version of distraction.
Example: Mercedes-Benz SL550
Why it's getting dangerous: The idea of massaging seats aren't particularly new, but combined with the now normalized seat heater it's a recipe for nap time, napping of course being the most passive version of distraction.
Technology: OnStar Route Guidance
Example: Anything from GM
Why it's getting dangerous: On the face of it, OnStar route guidance seems like the antithesis of distraction, but after you've called OnStar and had them beam directions into your car's computer a disconcertingly sexy voice dictates the turn-by-turn directions. Men have been distracted by much less.
Example: Anything from GM
Why it's getting dangerous: On the face of it, OnStar route guidance seems like the antithesis of distraction, but after you've called OnStar and had them beam directions into your car's computer a disconcertingly sexy voice dictates the turn-by-turn directions. Men have been distracted by much less.
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