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Lobbying Against Having Google Glass Banned While Driving

posted by janrinok on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-you-see-it,-now-you-don't dept.

Rich26189 writes:

"In a somewhat pre-emptive move Google is lobbying against state legislation that would ban drivers from using Google Glass while driving. I, for one, would like to see such legislation passed. There is enough distracted driving due to hand-held cell phones and Google Glass would just be just one more task for the brain to cope with.

This from Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-googl e-glass-lobbying-idUSBREA1O0P920140225"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by zsau on Monday March 03 2014, @12:30AM

    by zsau (2642) on Monday March 03 2014, @12:30AM (#9904)

    Riding in a train? Glass is not appropriate for a car driver, any more than using a phone is. I know in America you find it much harder to ban things when driving than we do in Australia---despite almost the same car-oriented conditions---but even if Glass won't operate at over 3mph it still shouldn't be permitted to car drivers because it could be buggy, and making it acceptable to use the thing in the drivers seat is itself a bad precedent, and there are plenty of valid use cases for a Glass at over 3 miles.

    This all goes away if you treat driving a car as a privilege, not a right. It's dangerous and needs to be thought of as dangerous.

  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday March 03 2014, @03:14AM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday March 03 2014, @03:14AM (#9933)

    Driving is already a privilege, and not a right.

    On a train why would you need glass? You could just use your phone. Or your tablet. Why would you want to peek with one eye through a tiny semi reflective mirror when you could get a clear view on a tablet?

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    • (Score: 1) by zsau on Monday March 03 2014, @04:58AM

      by zsau (2642) on Monday March 03 2014, @04:58AM (#9954)

      The law saying that something is a privilege not a right doesn't make it so, it's what the goverment and society do that does. Everyone gets a driver's licence. Sometimes the government takes it away as a punishment, and then the offender just drives without a licence. How else can they get around?

      I have no idea why someone would want to use Glass on a train; I have no idea why someone would want to use Glass ever.