"HeyBub" wrote in message
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"Last month, the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency published a
dense document with guidelines for automakers on how to minimize the
distractions caused by in-vehicle electronics. Buried among equations for
determining optimal display viewing angles and testing procedures is the
recommendation that navigation devices should only show static or
near-static images, which would essentially eliminate their usefulness. "

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7...tion-unusable/

But if it saves one child's life...

On the other hand, I can still use my GPS to get to the fridge.

I just bought a high end TomTom yesterday at a yard sale for $15, almost
like new.

I understand the argument the way some of these screens are set up. Mine is
just to the left of my rear view mirror on the windshield of my truck. It
helps me get into the correct lane. It tells me the name of the street
coming up so I don't have to look through a maze of light poles, people,
cars, and overgrown shrubbery, and I just love it.

For me, it actually helps make this old fart of a driver a better old fart
of a driver. Now, if the screen was down on the console, or dash, I would
think that is a bad idea. But for me, it takes a second or two to get a lot
of information from the rear view mirror and Tom Tom. Now Wifey will have
one on her side of the mirror, as she is always trying to horn in on mine,
and she panics when it says "TURN RIGHT AHEAD", but it is two miles before
I'm supposed to turn. Anyway, we will put 50-100 miles on the truck in a
weekend going from property to property, and these help US immensely.

As with anything, I can see how it would be a problem for others.

BTW, Clark County, NV's new anti hand held phone law is in effect now, with
a $250 fine. I still see people yakking on them, a motorcycle police
officer being one of them. And I understand in California, you cannot have
any GPS device on your windshield. I guess I have to use the weighted
sandbag thing that goes on the dash, but really, that's more dangerous to
look down at then the other one that's up there where I'm looking anyway.

Guess Congress was having a slow day.

Steve