Re:Software made me loathe my car
by husuget on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:42AM
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Why not just use CarPlay on your phone with the phone holder? Is it not exactly the same as a car with built in CarPlay? Atleast on android auto I noticed no difference between the App on my phone and connecting my phone to my car's Android Auto.
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The whole point of CarPlay is that it’s on the built in screen. Many states have laws now that prohibit operating any sort of handheld device while driving (and yes, a phone or even GPS unit in a mount still counts as handheld)
That's really dumb, phones now have 6"+ screens and are way more powerful than any head unit in a car...
"Many states have laws now that prohibit operating any sort of handheld device while driving" I don't believe you, otherwise most uber drivers, food delivery drivers and taxi drivers would be getting pulled over by the police.
https://www.germanautolabs.com/blog/mobile-phone-driving-ban...
Maybe not the authoritative source but interacting with a phone while driving is indeed illegal in all of Europe.
You are wrong, in the ad absurdum extrapolation in this thread that using a phone for navigation is illegal in “all of Europe”.
You presumably meant EU, a part but not all of Europe, but that too is wrong. For example, the law in the Czech Republic, a member state of EU, states that it forbidden to hold a phone (or other handheld device), in hand or otherwise (e.g. between shoulder and ear) while driving (§ 125c / 1f) 1. z. č. 361/2000 Sb.).
Handheld devices probably are illegal to use while driving in all of EU while being (hand)held, but absolutely not when mounted and used in the same manner as car’s builtin display. It may be the case in some country, but is not true generally.
Re:Software made me loathe my car
by slartibardfast0 on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:49AM
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That mode is not available with CarPlay, it is also deprecated on Android Auto (for a voice control setup, I believe).