Two unrelated news items
raise this important issue
The study from the AAA Foundation on Traffic Safety is available at no charge on the web.
WE LOVE OUR HIGH-TECH GADGETS. They are becoming so smart they are changing our lives at light-speed.
But two seemingly unrelated items in the news this week have raised an important issue: are we losing control of the technology that is taking over so many aspects of our lives – both virtual and reality-based?
The first was a story in the Wednesday editions of The New York Times by Matt Richtel and Bill Vlasic that appeared in the Business Section on Thursday.
“Voice-Activated Technology Is Called Safety Risk for Drivers”
Richtel and Vlasic reported on a study released the day before by the AAA, whose Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted a major experiment in the effects of distracted driving.
“ … a new study says that the most advanced of these (hands-free) systems actually create a different, and worse, safety risk, by taking a driver’s mind, if not eyes, off the road,” they wrote.
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