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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!"
Even the current GPS units/DVD players can easily be defeated. In most cases, all you need to do is ground one of the pins in the connector, and it always thinks you are parked. My brother has been playing Family Guy DVDs in his in-dash unit for years. The SAME Family Guy DVD.
Brett
Thats a first, a computer analogy to describe a car.
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I never watch TV while driving ... however, I do frequently shower and shave while driving.
safety campaigners fear there's little to stop the television being used at the wheel
Silly safety campaigners... don't they know we're too busy texting on our mobile phones while driving to watch TV?
Lurking at the bottom of the gravity well, getting old
Those poor morons...
And if you kill someone, you can just restore him from a backup!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Now, now, be reasonable. It's not like they copied a CD or something, all they did was endangering the lives of other people.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Umm... it's called *reckless* driving!
Wreckless driving is desirable.
"Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions." -TP
and begins muttering rosaries, as the unit detects I'm hitting 90 mph.
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
Maybe they should do it as a HUD system, prjecting on the windscreen of the car.
And then, when they feel the need to warn you, your entire windscreen goes opaque with a giant warning message.
The only thing that's frightening about stupid cyclists is the possible legal fallout, if you're not too squeamish about the possible bloody mess.
Watch out for the ones carrying landmines. Running them over can spoil your whole day...
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
Blue windscreen of death
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!