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**HenriRow** · 06-11-2012, 11:17 AM

Nobody here ever texted "OK" while driving?
That said I would never write a text that would really distract me from driving. I don't understand how people can drive a car without knowing they're in control.

I would say that's enough distracted time to cause an accident. However, I cannot realize why cars with built-in mics cannot do bluetooth triggered voice texts... or phone-based reading through the car's speakers. So you get a text... and the car informs you that you got one, then you can choose to have it read to you. If you want to reply, just hit a single button on the wheel, say "reply to last text", and speak a short reply, then send. Google transcribes clearly spoken text pretty well. This would be a boon for highway safety, and would reduce texting to the same level of distraction as a passenger or listening to the radio.

06-11-2012, 11:17 AM	#20
HenriRow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	Nobody here ever texted "OK" while driving? That said I would never write a text that would really distract me from driving. I don't understand how people can drive a car without knowing they're in control. I would say that's enough distracted time to cause an accident. However, I cannot realize why cars with built-in mics cannot do bluetooth triggered voice texts... or phone-based reading through the car's speakers. So you get a text... and the car informs you that you got one, then you can choose to have it read to you. If you want to reply, just hit a single button on the wheel, say "reply to last text", and speak a short reply, then send. Google transcribes clearly spoken text pretty well. This would be a boon for highway safety, and would reduce texting to the same level of distraction as a passenger or listening to the radio.
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