Fire Elemental said:
Sorry, but this is one of my pet peeves. Reckless drivers aren't just a danger to themselves, they are a danger to everyone else on the road. Of course I'm not saying you are a reckless driver. But anyway, I do have a point in that you should always wear your seatbelt and you shouldn't be fiddling with the nav system while driving.
Also, the purpose of forums is for people to post their opinions. Negative or positive. You need both sides of the coin.
Opinions, yes, rudeness and not looking at the entire issue just so you can take make a point is not a necessary, though all too common, part of these forums.
1)He said it was for his driveway...for Christ sake, I'm as big a seat belt advocate as it gets. I'm an ER doctor and I've seen the ill effects of not using it. But I have a driveway that's about 100m long and I don't put my seat belt on for that short drive and the beeps annoy me even in that short distance. I haven't disabled it yet simply b/c if anyone else drives the car I want them to hear it. But I NEVER drive the car on any road without a belt and I don't need the seat belt reminder b/c I never forget. Disabling it would allow me to avoid listening to it on those rare occasions I go down my own driveway after picking up the mail.
2)Do you ever have a person in the passenger seat in your car?? I do in mine. When I'm traveling to a new destination more often than not it's with my spouse in the car. Being able to allow her to program in an exact address while we drive is not a safety hazard. I've had my NAV defeat switch for a long time and can't recall a single time I've used it while driving alone. I admit to once or twice dialing a phone number on the screen. Whether that's more dangerous than dialing on the phone itself is debatable. But stopping is NOT always an option and it's not always unsafe to perform those activities while driving. Conditions, driver skill and awareness, traffic and complexity of the task do.
I can promise you that it's a lot safer to have me dial a phone number on the MFD than it is for a lot of people out there to be trying to carry on a conversation with another person in the same car while driving. You can't legislate good driving. Some people are capable of safely multi-tasking, some aren't.
