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Running Apps From Your Car's Dashboard

Posted by timothy on from the how-do-you-get-extra-lives? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I guess is was inevitable, now that BMW is letting you view and make tweets from behind the wheel, but is it really a good idea to let people run smartphone apps from their dashboard monitor? I guess for navigation you could run your favorite map-app there, but there is nothing to stop people from running other apps on their dashboard too. It might be better than texting from the handset, but I'm not sure I want people playing Angry Birds while they drive."

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  1. Why should you have a say? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    but there is nothing to stop people from running other apps on their dashboard too

    Why do you think what you want people do to with their cars is any of your business, as long as it doesn't involve hurting you or someone else?

    Punish them if they do something stupid and cause a traffic accident... let them work out what they're allowed to do with their insurance company that may have to pay for the consequences, but how did we get to the point where joe anonymous may get a say via the police over what software people are allowed to run?

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  2. Obvious troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    cyclist should realize that cars are real and will win everytime