[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by borge12

This is untrue.

(From http://www.distraction.gov/content/g...tatistics.html)

So, yeah, using the hands free technology is marginally better. However, it's still dangerous, and auto-makers shouldn't be enabling dangerous behavior.

Can't argue with that, however there is a difference between distracted driving, which includes any kind of distraction, and texting/updating a website while driving, which to quote that site " requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver." This is by far more dangerous than simply talking to your radio which is the same as talking a passenger. I think we can all agree talking to your passenger shouldn't be illegal. Instead of making laws to ban all kinds of distracted driving, which would be largely ignored, we should encourage technology like this that makes these kinds of activities much safer. The facebook/twitter stuff I could care less about, but I have to ignore texts on a regular basis while I'm driving, so I would use a system like this all the time. Even entering a nav address would be much safer and more convenient.