Recently I was driving behind one
of those folks who was so obsessed with his phone that he couldn't look up long
enough to drive. We've all seen them, and all realized it's not unlike driving
behind a drunk, long before scientific research proved it.
Not long after that, I saw someone
who tried to improve on that scenario by holding her phone on the top of her
steering wheel while she drove. The theory being, I guess, that even though it
opened her up to arrest and prosecution, it was at least safer than looking at
her lap while she drove.
God forbid she should actually not
use her phone at all.
So I felt great trepidation after I
read an article the other day about one of the advances in car technology that
is on the horizon. Literally. As in the horizon that you look at when you're
driving.
The technological innovation
numerous automakers are heading towards is something called an "augmented
reality windshield." That's right, windshields aren't just for shielding
you from the wind anymore. I pity the poor old car owner whose windshield
merely functions to block out wind and rain, collect dead bugs, and preserve
one's hairdo.
The augmented reality windshield
will have various things appear on the windshield in a sort of heads up display
like highly trained fighter pilots have. Accent on the highly trained. They'll
be able to help with navigation or detect objects in the road. Tom Sedar from
General Motors said the goal is "to make driving more interactive."
Interactive. You know, like
in the old days, when people used to watch the road, and pay attention to
traffic, and actively use brakes and signals and steering wheels and such.
Actually interacting with, um,
life.
America, ya gotta love it.
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