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Re:Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while driving by a3n on Saturday July 11, 2015 @11:30AM (#9870111)
If the driver is going to pick up the phone and turn it on, he should first pull of the road as soon as it's safe. Just like any other interaction with a phone.

And when he gets home, complain to the national govt communication agency, and Toyota.

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Re:Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while driving by Matt3o12_ on Saturday July 11, 2015 @11:49AM (#9870187)
Except that you can't always pull over (e.g. in the city) and most people don't do it. In a perfect world, we would not need Siri handsfree but in reality, people are just too lazy and instead of making it too inconvenience for them to do something (so that they do something dangerous), we should rather give them safer (though not perfect) alternatives. Disabling them on purpose is just stupid and endangering.
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Re:Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while driving by a3n on Saturday July 11, 2015 @12:04PM (#9870260)
> Disabling them on purpose is just stupid and endangering.

I agree with that. Further, Toyota, nor anyone else, has no right to reach down into my life and disable something.

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