I love it when people pass judgment on something that they have zero experience with. Have you used this? Do you know that it's distracting and can't be operated intuitively?
While we're at it, why don't we also outlaw radios in cars, passengers, scenery, or anything else that would require a driver to, you know, pay attention. I agree that distracted driving is a problem, but FFS where does the nannying end? There are already laws against distracted driving. We don't need more laws, we need to improve the level of training of drivers. I've somehow managed to live just fine driving for the last 25 years while occasionally eating, tuning the radio, talking to passengers, and yes even (shudder) talking on the phone.
These are all lesser distractions. You can't deny that the rise of texting has had a huge toll on accidents and distracted driving.
I agree that going about it in an educated way is a far, far better way to go, but the cost, implementation and required rate of success will be tremendous at this point. Everyone can drive a car these days, no matter how stupid. And I'd love it if we had to re-take driving tests when we renewed our licenses and have stricter standards on passing...but now our society requires vehicles. Most people need to drive to live. They would all need to be re-educated and have enough brain cells to pass it and then
retain that information and apply common sense and logic into their driving activities.
Then there's entitlement issues. Everyone knows you shouldn't drive distracted already, but many still do. They'll just answer this one text. They'll just eat this sandwich real quick this one time because. They'll get into a car with 5 drunk and rambunctious friends because the alternative is too inconvenient.
Believing that people will just understand is unrealistic at this point. Facebook and twitter and the internet will be in front of their faces at all times. And they'll all go "oh, I'm technically still looking at the road but it's behind this screen" which is about as effective as holding your phone up to the windshield and saying it's safe because you can look at the road right there.
The point is, you're not focused on it.
Someone posted that we need to think of how this benefits society. They're right. As a society, not you personally, do you think people will be responsible enough to wear something like the Glass while driving? Or is it going to be you and your bike plastered to their grill because a "omg did u c wut -insert celebrity- did" tweet was more important than paying attention to that blind corner that just snuck up on them?
Until now with the constant need of connection to others, the distracted driving problem had been relatively minor. You'd see the occasional crazy shit like people shaving in the car, or reading or turning around in their seat to smack kids in the legs for being little assholes. Changing the radio, having a passenger, eating finger food and admiring a view were minor problems in comparison to what we face now.
They won't outlaw them because they are still minor problems.
What I am saying is that the Glass will be even more of a problem than texting, which needs to be illegal because many people are too stupid, stubborn and entitled to stop even though they know very well they should.
