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08-20-2021, 10:30 AM | #21 |
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Re: Computer on Wheels
I concur with all the bad reviews of the latest electronic add-ons. Most states have outlawed hand-held devices because they are a distraction to the driver, but the default electronics of the vehicles are just as bad. I can't adjust the heater, fan, etc w/o looking at the dash--used to be able to operate by touch alone. I don't use GPS at all. The few times I have tried, I find the screen to be a major distraction, and if you touch the wrong button the wrong way at the wrong time, the screen can be wrong, but you don't discover it until it's too late. Paper maps are never wrong. Before I bought my A, I googled Craig's List frequently for vehicles using search parameters 1930-1990. We need to recognize that the American legal system is the real cause of this problem, not the car makers. Every driver who causes an accident will be represented by a lawyer whose sole mission is to have him exonerated. Every automotive engineer/ team who creates a bad design and the firm that manufactures it will not be held accountable. If they were, the stock price might drop, and stockholders will scream. The solution is to impose requirements that over-burden 99% of the population so that the perps can escape any penalty for their mistakes.
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08-20-2021, 01:12 PM | #22 |
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As a former Technology Education teacher, I concur with these sentiments. There is a point where 'high' tech has surpassed the grasp of the average person where it controls you, not the other way around. Making one's life 'easier' is one thing, but we've gotten to the point where we EXPECT these 'improvements' to do it all...like the movie 'WALL-EE' where the people stayed on the couch and everything was done FOR them.
There'd be less distracted driving if people were forced to control the vehicle, i.e. drive it or it doesn't go...manual switches, pedals, etc. Kids don't play anymore unless it's pushing buttons; they don't read unless it's a text; they don't spell but use acronyms; they don't figure out math problems without a calculator....hell, schools can't seem to teach the student without the computer. If there are problems, no one seems to know how to educate the 'old fashioned' way. My newest vehicle is a 2011 5 speed manual Mazda with 214k on it. I have no intention of buying anything 'modern' again...the on-board tech has gone too far! The Fed. gov't can KMA (acronym) with this mileage tax and where I'm going crap...My F250 is an '03 and my newest jeep is a '79. |
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08-20-2021, 01:32 PM | #23 |
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Funny how in 1970 when you walked into your local bank, and an actual human being waited on you, or you bought something somewhere, we never ever heard the term 'identity theft' nor gave it a thought.
But today that is all you hear about. Maybe part of that is a scare tactic to get you to buy 'protection' I dunno. In the days of the Model A Ford, the only 'protection' you needed was to pay Lucky Luciano extortion $$ so he wouldn't burn your business down or beat you up or put a .45 slug in your back |
08-20-2021, 05:30 PM | #24 | |
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08-20-2021, 09:06 PM | #25 |
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....and I have a collection of vinyl albums of 60's rock PLUS a lot of CD's that I play occassionally. There are no 'liner notes' or band pics on USB sticks. The act of putting a record on the turntable or loading up a CD is akin to manually driving an old car...makes you part of what you're doing. (I admit though...I'm listening to YouTube of Rory Gallagher playing 'Bullfrog Blues' as I type this...).
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08-21-2021, 12:34 AM | #26 |
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08-21-2021, 08:19 AM | #27 | |
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I just don't need a car that parallel parks, etc. for me. |
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