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And yes, if the phones are more at eye level it does make it slightly safer. Why do you think people where bitching about not having a HUD option? As far as the size of the BMW MFD screen goes, why do you think the LCI offers a larger screen? Because maybe everyone can't see as good you. |
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Just hot glue the dam thing to the dash. Since I put my registration sticker in crooked I just don't care any more. I tried to get it straight dam it!
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I have Android. And, dislike both Carplay and Android Auto. But, that is why I use IDrive and keep my phone in pocket.
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amen brother. the M2 is a performance vehicle. concentrate on the fun of the car and enjoy it - |
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wow there are people that are trying to give tips on better driving experience, and there are people that are purely ignorant and mocking them for trying to help.
I don't see a difference between having your phone mounted versus OEM nav system. Apple carPlay gets text messages too. YOU need to focus. don't blame it on smart phones. There are many times that OEM nav got me in dangerous situation because these things told me to make a turn last second. again, it's YOU that needs to drive right.
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*I don't use WAZE, but I take a look at the sigalert app to show any red/congested areas and kind of plan my route before I start or on the fly. I'd rather bite the bullet if the red areas are not that prominent than going on side streets. |
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The current NHTSA stats show about 9 deaths per day and 1000 injured in reported collisions involving distracted driving. That's not including non-injury unreported collisions. Not generalizing, pure fact https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.do...riving2015.pdf Injuries, death, and millions in property damage is what's not cool. Can you justify that ? |
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Just like ConnectedDrive, not all apps are supported. If you want to use Carplay, you use Apple Maps and do not get use of HUD.
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By that argument because some people can't handle a car safely at all, therefore no one should have one... People who are going to be dangerous with a smart phone will be dangerous whether or not it's mounted or in their hand. Plenty of people have bluetooth in their cars and they do not use it and still have the phone in their hand. This is more dangerous, but we are talking grey areas, and you seem to not be able to cope with the idea of a grey area. Yes if no one made phone calls or talked to passengers or listened to the radio perhaps the world would be somewhat safer. But not everything is black and white, there is no safe and unsafe, only safer and unsafer. There are huge amounts of shades of grey here. Some things are safer than others, and you are choosing a remarkably hardlined stance on something that should mean, like others have suggested you should apply it to other parts of your life too. If anything you could argue that a mounted smartphone decreases risk for those who would be using it anyway Oh and BTW - waze uses audio too, audible alerts that tell me that in 0.5 miles there is an object in the middle of the freeway actually help to improve my safety. Likewise if traffic is stopping ahead and I'm surrounded by tailgaters then that is useful information that might help prevent a crash. If you use it for navigation then it's no more distracting than any other nav system that isn't a head up display. I don't see you posting in every new car thread that the car should be banned because it comes with navigation? But by all means take your one black and white rule and apply it to every grey situation and see how well that works out for you... |
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On a different note, it does come in handy when you are on the track with a lap timer like Harry's. You can have the display showing the map of the track and the phone with lap times.
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