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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. Boston by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> I'm not sure I want people playing Angry Birds while they drive

    Here in Boston, we use the same techniques for both.

    1. Re:Boston by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'd be more worried about people playing Drunk Man. Imagine the story you tell to the police for swerving all over the road.

  2. Angry Birds by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could lead to playing Angry Cars inadvertently.

  3. Re:Why should you have a say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Recklessly, not wrecklessly. They've definitely caused a car wreck.

  4. Re:How fucking stupid is this? by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    Distracted morons are one reason why I drive full-size trucks with ugly accessories such as liftgates and tow-truck bumpers.

    Besides using them for their intended purpose, such add-ons get driver attention. Flat black Rustoleum FTW!

    I also keep my triball Reese hitch installed as a standoff. Anyone who rear-ends me deserves to lose a radiator, not just a bumper cover.

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