Re: State Farm files patent for system to suppress calls and text while driving

On 10/06/2024 04:04, Newyana2 wrote:

On 6/9/2024 3:52 PM, Java Jive wrote:
 

    Let me see... How do I manage to look at a map? Oh, yeah,
I pull over. :)

>
Trying to be a smart arse just makes you look a jerk.  There are many, many driving situations where you can't just pull over to the side of the road.

    Just a bit of

... attempted smartarse ...

humor. Prior to a few years ago, everyone
used maps. It worked.

So does using a Navigation app, with the great advantage that it can advise you before you make a mistake.

I still use maps. If I can't pull over then
I wait until I can. Not rocket science. Believing that a cellphone
is safer is just fooling yourself.

If it saves you a moment of panic from taken the wrong turn, that is safer.

   I've been in a car where people were using driving directions
exactly twice. One was Google. I think the other was a Mapquest
printout. Google told us to take a crazy route that would have
wasted an hour. It appeared sensible to a visitor, but as a local
I knew it would have been a disastrous choice.
     Mapquest had the right route, but had the direction wrong.
It told us to take route x north when it should have been south.
Both trips would have been easy to plan via map before leaving
the house.

Both maps and online mapping can contain errors.  In particular, printed maps may not show important traffic details such as one-way streets, correct lane for a given turning, etc.

I don't mind if people can't read maps and want to use
Google or Mapquest, but if you really need to look at your cellphone,
you should pull over.

You don't need to look at it, it speaks instructions for you to follow.

If you follow Google and then your passenger
squeals that the directions are wrong, don't panic. Don't make any
sudden move or veer into another lane. Don't slam on the brakes.
Keep driving until you have a chance to pull over safely and consult
a map. :)

That would be just as true if the passenger were reading a map.
You live in your Luddite world if you wish, but don't, as you did at the start of this subthread, imperiously rant at everyone else for moving with the times and overtaking you.
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