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You'll read about a miracle for all bikers.......... WOOT! All phone makers will have to follow now or be sued into oblivion.
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Yes tomorrow is a safer ride than today for all of us... couldn't be happier! I pity those who have an accident and have disable the defaults claiming to be passengers, food for accident lawyers for sure. If you hate this the option is to not take updates or ever buy a new phone, they got you one way or another in time. THIS IS A BIG BOLD MOVE on Apple's part.PCX150Rider wrote:Hip Hip Hooray!!!!
'Bout time!
Pretty sure it's use is voluntary by users. The 3 options in my settings for it are:homie wrote: Voluntary action by Apple, mandatory for users.
TheMaverick wrote:Pretty sure it's use is voluntary by users. The 3 options in my settings for it are:homie wrote: Voluntary action by Apple, mandatory for users.
- Automatically
- When Connected to Car Bluetooth
- Manually (which was the default setting for me).
I'm in two minds about it to be honest. I'd be pretty p*ssed to drive for 5 hours to a meeting in another city only to get an alert sent 4 hours & 50 minutes ago that said "meeting cancelled". Additionally, although we have a law here which says we can't use phones whilst driving, it's often a trivial thing to just pull over while it's ringing.
Whilst on the bike it's pretty much a moot point regardless for me - can't see it having much effect on other drivers though to be honest - especially if the default setting is manual.
I'm sure that technologically it could be done, but whatever the future may bring, it ain't in iOS 11.PCX150Rider wrote:If they can figure out how to make cars and trucks drive themselves on our streets with no human on-board I'm sure they can figure out a way to isolate and limit the driver's ability to use a communication device without effecting any of the passengers in the vehicle. It could be an input code to the ignition that ID's the driver (operator) of the vehicle and sends a signal to their device or sends a signal to their service provider that limits it's use. For example it will play music, but you can't talk on it using your hands (must reside in a hands-free dock) or text. It could be something that starts getting phased in on all new vehicle sales and by law the dealer has to input (or verify that you input) your info into the vehicle computer system to recognize your device and service. After that anyone other than the vehicle owner will have to do the same in order for the vehicle to operate. It will be like logging into Windows before you go ahead and ride the Internet. Think of it as many users (drivers) possible, one PC (vehicle) with one user (driver) at a time, but everyone else in the room is not in the picture (no effect on their devices). And, as an added feature to avoid theft, only those that the owner of the vehicle allows to use the vehicle gets the code (key) and the driver will be prompted to input their service provider info if they choose to use their own phone. Or, something like that. . .. We need to take the ability to cheat out of the loop. Also, in the name of safety and courtesy for other people who are competing for space on the road it's a small inconvenience. And don't forget, there was a time when there was just wall and desk phones. We are not machines and we need to know where to draw the line between "machine like" efficiency and just keeping it real.
Whatever happened to "Chock Full of Nuts" commercials? Time for coffee.![]()
AEB - Autonomous Emergency Braking. I believe that it'll need to be on any car that want to get a 5 star crash rating very shorting, which can only be a good thing.easyrider wrote:I know that all new Ford trucks are factory standard equipped with start and stop function that automatically stops for obstructions. For example if a car in front stops and you don't the computer sensors will stop it for you. Unfortunately people will be turning that off I'm sure , but positive steps are coming.I like the idea of a car stopping itself , but not driving itself.
Can't speak for all smartphones, but on iOS (Apple) all you need do is say "Siri - read my text". And from there you can dictate a reply etc.Mel46 wrote:If I remember correctly there is an app on the phones that allows the phone to read out your texts to you instead of you having to take your eyes off of the road to read it.
I've upgraded my phone and 2 ipads to iOS 11. For the phone, can't really say I've found it any different. On the iPads the dock makes things a bit different, but I think, slightly better. Still getting to grips with the other enhancements.homie wrote:Made the wife take the update and I think I will put it off until she deals with all the new features first. There are a lot of irritating changes this time. Like a new windows platform this sucks
She said the text blocking when car in motion can be worked around for each notification as they are received for now if you must. So it's not completely mandatory with this version... yet
Mel46 wrote:Does the new iPhone really cost $1,000 ??
The new iPhone X does - but the new iPhone 8 starts at USD $699 & the iPhone 8 Plus at USD $799.Mel46 wrote:Does the new iPhone really cost $1,000 ??