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iPad Steering Wheel Mount
kevin7kal writes "The Apple iPad is the ideal automotive communications and entertainment device. It is sized perfectly to mount using the iPad Steering Wheel Mount without obscuring the driver's view. 'I don't think that I am exaggerating when I say that the iPad Steering Wheel Mount probably has saved my life...'"
What could possibly go wrong?
I checked "Disable Advertising", why doesn't it carry over to the articles?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Cool! now I can play mario kart while I drive to work.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
In the event of an accident, the airbag will crush the iPad into your face.
...air bag deployed projectiles of death and dismemberment.
Although I did (finally) laugh when I read their cited patent.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Just think, when you crash and your airbag deploys, you could have the world's first iPad implant!
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As he says at the end - it's much safer than other forms of driver distraction. Which is to say: it's a much safer way to kill yourself and others.
Joking aside, and driver distraction aside, this thing is illegal as all getout. I'm pretty sure that obscuring the dash (and things like, ya know, the speedometer) isn't permitted. Making the steering wheel harder to grip (and at the ol' 10 and 2 positions, no less) makes the vehicle harder to control. Putting a relatively heavy, knife-edged*, solid object right in front of the airbag is pretty brilliant, too. Ordinarily I'd just shrug my shoulders and say "ah well, natural selection at work," except there's a pretty good chance you'll take a few people out with you. I'm hoping that he means this as a joke.
* In an accident at highway speeds, the thin edge of the iPad is as good as a knife.
Now with more realism! You can FEEL the collisions as if you were actually in them... oh wait.
Just wait until the airbag deploys. That will be a real treat.
Instant zoom feature!
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
You visit the Bonneville Salt Flats, install a racing game, keep the car in low gear so you don't actually roll it, and then boom! Your iPad racing game now has force feedback.
Also not allowed to have a video screen less than a certain distance from the driver.
Also not allowed to display movies, etc., on any screen visible to the driver.
We have sane laws up here. Of course, the video I want to see is of his face as the airbag launches the iPad into it at 200 mph.
So after the lawsuits ("Apple is responsible - there was no warning not to attach it to the steering wheel") you'll have t prove you're more intelligent than a pet rock to buy one - and that should kill 90% of the iPad market.
You don't really need to look at the speedometer if you have a car with a manual transmission. Listen to the engine and keep track of what gear you are using.
No need for a fuel gauge either. You should know how much gas you have put into the tank, how much you car uses and how long you have traveled.
I hate these kinds of posts. I can never tell if they're serious or insane.
Well, the only dangerous part was me laughing.... I checked the patent that covers it, and it is (drum roll!) DUCT TAPE.
Yes, people. This is a JOKE.
A good one, in my opinion...
How about this?
Read some of the product reviews while you're there, BTW. I guarantee at least a few good laughs.
This ain't rocket surgery.