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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 12:24 PM Mar 2013

Don't Glass and drive -- lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road

It read: "Your article on Google Glass prompted this bill." The only bills I'd ever previously inspired were $20 ones accompanied by the words: "Here's money for a taxi. Get out of here."

So I wondered what sort of bill this could be. It transpires that West Virginia has decided to think proactively about Google Glass. This bill seeks to make it illegal to drive while "using a wearable computer with head mounted display."

I asked Howell how this had suddenly come about. Oddly enough, he is not an opponent of Google's fascinating nerdgear. He told me:

I actually like the idea of the product and I believe it is the future, but last legislature we worked long and hard on a no-texting-and-driving law. It is mostly the young that are the tech-savvy that try new things. They are also our most vulnerable and underskilled drivers. We heard of many crashes caused by texting and driving, most involving our youngest drivers. I see the Google Glass as an extension.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57575954-71/dont-glass-and-drive-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-google-glass-on-the-road

Google Glass is being pre-banned in businesses, offices, and now cars from coast to coast.

Google is the #1 tech lobbyist out there. They are greasing the wrong palms.

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Don't Glass and drive -- lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road (Original Post) onehandle Mar 2013 OP
Stuff like this always makes me aware woo me with science Mar 2013 #1
Man is THAT ever so. Robb Mar 2013 #5
LOL! woo me with science Mar 2013 #6
The only instances when Google-Glass actually were appropriate... DetlefK Mar 2013 #2
Exactly right. I have a HUD on my car. onehandle Mar 2013 #3
I honestly wouldn't want to be talking to someone wearing it NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #4
Implants are next. Glasses are a stepping stone. Skip Intro Mar 2013 #7

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
1. Stuff like this always makes me aware
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 12:32 PM
Mar 2013

of how quickly legislators are capable of addressing issues they choose to address.

We are constantly fed nonsense about how we need to be patient, and fixing problems takes time.

The truth is that they address exactly what they want to address.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
5. Man is THAT ever so.
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:49 PM
Mar 2013

...We're agreeing an awful lot lately. I can't imagine it's good for either of our reputations.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. The only instances when Google-Glass actually were appropriate...
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 12:32 PM
Mar 2013

...would be when you need information really quick and you can't afford to use your hands for handling your smartphone. But try finding that situation in real-life.


And speaking of displays: Head-up-displays in windshields are a rumor that just won't die. So that would be two layers of augmented reality you would have to handle.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
3. Exactly right. I have a HUD on my car.
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:21 PM
Mar 2013

Shows speedometer, RPMs, and gear. I don't interact with it. It just happens and keeps my eyeline on the road.

Google Glasses puts your Twitter stream and Facebook likes in one, and only one eye.

People will die. Google didn't think this through, which is typical for them.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
4. I honestly wouldn't want to be talking to someone wearing it
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:47 PM
Mar 2013

any more than I like taking to someone staring at their cell phone.

Skip Intro

(19,768 posts)
7. Implants are next. Glasses are a stepping stone.
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:15 PM
Mar 2013

Google will end up inside your body before it's over.

And so will the government.

It is inevitable.



Strayed a little bit there...

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