KIA Bringing News & Social Media To Your Car

thecarchik writes "Earlier this week KIA made some major announcements about their future cars. They shed some light on the details of their new UVO system, which lets you answer and place phone calls, send and receive SMS text messages, and access music via voice commands. Moreover, their new widget-based system for the on-screen controls lets you include RSS news, financial information, and weather reports, along with Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn updates. If there is one thing we can take away from this and Ford's recent announcement about the MyFord Touch system, it is that we'll see some heated internet technology battles between car manufacturers." The NY Times pointed out a few days ago that many companies are already turning their attention to dashboard computing, much to the dismay of those who warn against distracted driving.

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Re:Make them safer first

[Corwyn_123]

To consider that the laws are for our own personal safety at our own hands is a very single minded concept.

It's not a matter of your own safety at your own hands that's the issue, the issue is the safety of everyone else around you. Passengers in your car do opt to rely on you for their safety. Other drivers on the road, and pedestrians do not opt to rely on you for their safety.

It's all of our responsibility to watch the road and be mindful of everyone else. That's what the laws are designed for, not you, but the others you can harm but your negligence.

It is the responsibility of the lawmakers, for right or wrong, to keep everyone else safe, due to the lack of people's ability or desire to consider those around them.
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"The way I see it... If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you're doing, then your brain should probably be in on it too" - Ellen DeGeneres