Lawmakers Seek To Ban Google Glass On the Road

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:52AM from the leave-the-glasses-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with news about a West Virginia bill that would prohibit drivers from "using a wearable computer with head mounted display." Republican Gary G. Howell sponsored the bill in reaction to reading an article on Google Glass and said: "I actually like the idea of the product and I believe it is the future, but last legislature we worked long and hard on a no-texting-and-driving law. It is mostly the young that are the tech-savvy that try new things. They are also our most vulnerable and underskilled drivers. We heard of many crashes caused by texting and driving, most involving our youngest drivers. I see the Google Glass as an extension."

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Re:Oh yeah, I'm sure it would be used as an aid... by 0xdeadbeef · 2013-03-25 01:59 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Most people barely have enough intelligence to safely pilot a vehicle to begin with.

Google is working on a solution for that as well.
I'll be glad when motorcycles are illegal on public roads. They're far too unsafe, even under mandatory computer control.