Words fail me.....ipad at the wheel!

[uknick]

Deva Link said:

We have an iPad and I'd be amazed if someone going past in another vehicle would be able to see what's on the screen.

I wonder if maybe he was running one of those OBDII engine management apps, such as DashCommand?

You can see what is on an Ipad screen. Month or so ago we were undertaken by girl in '13 plate Corsa holding Ipad in front of her face watching a video. My passenger had a good look at the screen as the car went past me on the busy road going past Ascot race course.

[carreauchompeur]

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

[irocfan]

carreauchompeur said:

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

bra wotcha sayin' itz orl kool and not dangerous nah it int innit... we woz doing wel unda da speedlimit so we'z ok init?

[vodkalolly]

Vipers said:

vodkalolly said:

There are some people who can do really complex stuff like reversing on only their mirrors.

Like a million truck drivers and me. But driving a vehicle safely whilst playing a computer game..............don't think so.

Yes of course some of the PH driving gods could do it, I know.

Yes I understand and sympathise with your comments. Frankly though the number of non drivers and people I meet who state that they can drive, then embelish this with "I have no problem with the gears and everything but I don't have a license". The truth is that until 100% of your concious attention is focussed on hazard spotting and the car control is done completely in the subconcious, you are not safe on the road. At this point, other distraction are going to hinder that focus but not cause a crash. I would much rather be driven by a good driver at twice the speed limit while he is sorting out the sat nav and the tunes, than someone still counting 1..2..3 before checking the mirror. Perhaps some of these simple tasks like sat nav and radio should be part of the driving test?

[MadmanO/T People]

Did the driver have one of these?


http://www.steering-wheel-ipad.com/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdAkKKxOvu4&oq=...

[Vipers]

MadmanO/T People said:

Did the driver have one of these?


http://www.steering-wheel-ipad.com/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdAkKKxOvu4&oq=...

Obviously works in the states then..........FFS

[Starfighter]

I saw something like this in the US last month for use with a satav application. I got completely blanked when I asked about the airbag under it.

[King Herald]

Deva Link said:

We have an iPad and I'd be amazed if someone going past in another vehicle would be able to see what's on the screen.

So the passenger over a slowly overtaking car, just four feet away, can't see the screen??

Especially when they tell their driver to slow down and get real close......

[Deva Link]

King Herald said:

So the passenger over a slowly overtaking car, just four feet away, can't see the screen??

Didn't say they couldn't, just that I'd be amazed.

[Ari]

[redacted]

[Ari]

carreauchompeur said:

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

I think it's more a consequence of a sad decline in basic intelligence and common sense. You really shouldn't need police to point out the error of doing something this stupid...

[Deva Link]

carreauchompeur said:

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

Going back a bit, when I was actively sales repping and doing a lot of miles, it used to be fairly common the see van drivers on the motorway with a paperback book propped on the steering wheel.

[Einion Yrth]

Deva Link said:

Going back a bit, when I was actively sales repping and doing a lot of miles, it used to be fairly common the see van drivers on the motorway with a paperback book propped on the steering wheel.

That was fking stupid too, your point being?

[Deva Link]

Einion Yrth said:

That was fking stupid too, your point being?

That:

carreauchompeur said:

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

isn't necessarily true.

[Einion Yrth]

Deva Link said:

Einion Yrth said:

That was fking stupid too, your point being?

That:

carreauchompeur said:

This is a sad consequence of the inevitable decline in traffic policing...

isn't necessarily true.

Fair call. Missed that.

[Ari]

[redacted]

[King Herald]

Deva Link said:

King Herald said:

So the passenger of a slowly overtaking car, just four feet away, can't see the screen??

Didn't say they couldn't, just that I'd be amazed.

Er, why?

[King Herald]

Einion Yrth said:

Deva Link said:

Going back a bit, when I was actively sales repping and doing a lot of miles, it used to be fairly common the see van drivers on the motorway with a paperback book propped on the steering wheel.

That was fking stupid too, your point being?

That technology has moved on.

[Vipers]

King Herald said:

Einion Yrth said:

Deva Link said:

Going back a bit, when I was actively sales repping and doing a lot of miles, it used to be fairly common the see van drivers on the motorway with a paperback book propped on the steering wheel.

That was fking stupid too, your point being?

That technology has moved on.

Sadly grey matter hasn't

[JREwing]

And if he is involved in an accident, he'll be dealt an iPad to the face courtesy of the airbag