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In short, I feel overall most cars now have too much "impractical technology". Being able to access your social media from your dashboard while driving at 75 mph down a busy stretch of I-4 is insane to me.
I see value in "practical technology", i.e. bluetooth connectivity for your phone, reverse cameras (especially in our cars), blind spot monitoring, LSD, traction control, etc. Those who tend to gravitate to cars that are loaded with technology are not buying a car to drive it, deep down inside they wished the car drove itself so that they can check their facebook, twitter, or instagram account. Your car should not be an extension of your laptop, computer, smartphone (except for emergency phone calls through blue tooth or the like).
This is going to be a stretch but my opinion on these cars that are loaded to the T with technology is a disservice to the driving public. It dulls the senses as human nature will tend to move toward the path of least resistance. If you have a computer chip monitoring your blind side, monitoring objects in front of your car so that it will apply the brakes while you check your text message, or apply your brakes when you are reversing out of your driveway while you are yelling at your kids to sit down and put their seat belts on. If anything, too much technology does not make you a safer/better driver, it makes you a worse and dangerous driver.
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