Virtual reality safety windscreen

distraction

how many more accidents will that cause with an overload of information.

By grahamroden56 on 23 May, 2011, 9:31pm

"Driven to distraction"

You`re joking me! Did I see "Pub deal? Steak and chips £6.95"?

This is an example of a driver being driven to distraction. People are using mobile phones, and I ve seen some text at the wheel of their car. How much more information overload can we handle!!?

Other useless drivers already do what sat navs tell them to do even when the sat nav is wrong. Driving up one way streets, or even into the sea.

I have to say wacthing the video. I was more inclined to watch the next text would be. It ruddy distracting. "HUD" or Head up displays arent new. They should only tell you your speed, and speed limits around you and nothing else.

By Cinqster on 24 May, 2011, 2:26pm

Absurd!!!

.....as already mentioned in the 2 comments above.

Plus> more and more "drivers aid" that are appearing in the new generations of cars are getting absolutely rediculous, taking away the pure skills in driving a car.

Automatic windscreen wipers - if you can't see out of the windscreen and don't know when to turn these on, you shouldn't be on the road. Same goes to auto night lights that comes on when its dark.

Heat air vents in the head rests that blow hot air on to driver's neck when driving in cold weather with the roof down to stop the driver from getting cold - how to waste energy, curtesy of Mecedes.

Blind spot detection light that comes on in the outside wing mirror when another car / motorbike is hidden in this blind spot to warn the driver not to pull out - if the driver can't use his eyes and look properly before pulling out into another lane, they should not be on the road.

Tyre pressure indicators - tyre pressure should be checked regularly as part of the safety and maintainance routine by the owner. An tyre starting to run flat will feel heavy on the streering wheel, does not take a genious to figure out.

All of these so called gadgets are just a way of manufacturers making something that wasn't a problem into a problem, then selling the car buyers a solution and charging an absolute fortune for them. Loading the car with more electronics and hardware, things will go wrong more regularly with visits back to the dealers for expensive repairs.

By scott1234 on 25 May, 2011, 12:50am

..great to see the luddites are alive and well as always.. make sure you disconnect your daytime lights and remove your headrests when you're at it chaps...

By bastinado on 26 May, 2011, 8:45am

Nonsense !!!

Would drive me potty looking at all that garbage on the screen.

Vidiots

By the2beard on 26 May, 2011, 8:49am

..great to see the luddites are alive and well as always.. make sure you disconnect your daytime lights and remove your headrests when you're at it chaps...

By bastinado on 26 May, 2011, 9:31am

..great to see the luddites are alive and well as always.. make sure you disconnect your daytime lights and remove your headrests when you're at it chaps...

By bastinado on 26 May, 2011, 9:48am

great idea

Its all good to me..... providing the car was driving itself!!!..... minority report - here we come...lol

By wmtmarine on 26 May, 2011, 11:28am

padding

just an example of autoglass self publicising puff, that says nothing new or interesting. How much did they pay to put that up ??

By deshill1 on 27 May, 2011, 7:36am

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

Even looking at the video I hardly saw the road. Far too much information, impossible to take in. 99% of it dangerous. If the screen showed next turn and road name or number, current speed limit (if close or over) and highlighted warning road signs such as roadworks, restrictions etc., then perhaps.

I don't know what planet bastinado is on. How possibly are Daytime Running Lights equivalent to this?

This is equivalent to furry dice hanging from the mirror, whcih in my view should also be banned.

Under present laws I hope a windscreen such as this would be banned in the same way as having a TV or DVD player that the driver can see.

I can just see the accident reports - Well Officer, the windscreen didn't tell me there was a party of schoolchildren walking across the road, so I did not need to slow down.

By fellwalker2000 on 28 May, 2011, 10:16am