Watch TV On Your Satnav

Barence writes "Satnav firm Mio is launching a device with an integrated TV tuner. The Mio Spirit range includes a digital television tuner that is intended to be used 'during breaks in the journey or at their final destination.' However, safety campaigners fear there's little to stop the television being used at the wheel. When the system is first turned on a warning message is displayed, telling the user not to watch television while driving. If this is ignored, a secondary warning message kicks in if the GPS chip detects the vehicle is moving at more than 5mph. But that's it!"

Comments

Really not such a big deal

[JaxTJ]

The TV/Nav units in Japan (and other parts of Asia) have no such restriction and it's only a problem for lazy stupid Americans.*


*Disclaimer: JaxTJ is an American that is motivated by laziness and sometimes does stupid things.

Re:That's fine..

[bitrex]

Until one day, while watching reruns of "Legend Of The Seeker" on your in-dash entertainment system and slobbering over the kind of tits you wish existed at the latest LARP convention, you manage to kill someone who doesn't share your zest for solipsism or Unix analogies. I swear Slashdot posts stories like this just to troll the libertarians that are as thick as flies on shit around here. "Life is like Unix and you are the superuser." And this gets an Insightful moderation. Shit a god damn. I suppose I'm going to have to start driving with venetian blinds on my car windows to enhance my cinematic vehicular experience, and if I drive over a libertarian I'll tell his family and friends that the free market will take care of it.