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  • friedgreencorrado

    Nov. 3, 2009 5:58 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork

    From the BBC:

    "Cab drivers in South Korea can continue to have televisions on their dashboards, despite the risk of crashing, a court has ruled."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8339680.stm

    I've seen a lot of the JC Whitney car DVD players retrofitted to the back seats of a lot of minivans/SUVs around here, but haven't seen one mounted up front yet.

  • JetMech

    Nov. 3, 2009 6:02 p.m. JetMech New Reader

    Dumb idea in the first place; dumber of the courts to allow the practice to continue.

  • Nov. 3, 2009 10:30 p.m. lewbud New Reader

    friedgreencorrado wrote:

    From the BBC:

    "Cab drivers in South Korea can continue to have televisions on their dashboards, despite the risk of crashing, a court has ruled."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8339680.stm

    I've seen a lot of the JC Whitney car DVD players retrofitted to the back seats of a lot of minivans/SUVs around here, but haven't seen one mounted up front yet.

    I used to see pickups with them in the front visors driving around town (with the visor down, at night with a movie on), but it's been a while. Perhaps natural selection at work?

  • Gearheadotaku

    Nov. 4, 2009 9:19 a.m. Gearheadotaku Reader

    and we though the new york cabbies were bad...

  • GameboyRMH

    Nov. 4, 2009 9:53 a.m. GameboyRMH UltraDork

    Saw one in a cab in Puerto Rico.

  • 4cylndrfury

    Nov. 4, 2009 10:57 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    JetMech wrote:

    Dumb idea in the first place; dumber of the courts to allow the practice to continue.

    dude, seriously?!? we're talking bout S. Korea...not exactly the bedrock of logic. This seems about par for the course.

  • mad_machine

    Nov. 4, 2009 1:40 p.m. mad_machine UberDork

    I do not know about you guys.. but I finally got a phone I can text on (palm pre) and I can't walk and text at the same time without wandering all over the hallways at work. How do people do it?

  • JetMech

    Nov. 4, 2009 1:52 p.m. JetMech New Reader

    In reply to 4cylndrfury: True. Then again, the U.S. ain't exactly the bedrock of logic, either.

    In reply to mad_machine: I haven't mastered two-thumb texting. How one can walk and text simultaneously is beyond me.

  • PeteWW

    Nov. 4, 2009 4:48 p.m. PeteWW New Reader

    A foolish co-worker used to commute through Houston rush hour watching DVDs on his notebook. For some inexplicable reason, he never had an accident.

  • Chebbie_SB

    Nov. 4, 2009 5:41 p.m. Chebbie_SB HalfDork

    PeteWW wrote:

    A foolish co-worker used to commute through Houston rush hour watching DVDs on his notebook. For some inexplicable reason, he never had an accident.

    Yeah, but how many did he cause?

  • Luke

    Nov. 4, 2009 10:31 p.m. Luke SuperDork

    PeteWW wrote:

    A foolish co-worker used to commute through Houston rush hour watching DVDs on his notebook. For some inexplicable reason, he never had an accident.

    Did he drive a Hummer?

  • friedgreencorrado

    Nov. 4, 2009 10:41 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork

    Chebbie_SB wrote:

    PeteWW wrote:

    A foolish co-worker used to commute through Houston rush hour watching DVDs on his notebook. For some inexplicable reason, he never had an accident.

    Yeah, but how many did he cause?

    Good point. The natural reaction is to avoid the sudden moves of the errant car in front of you. How many people put one into the car in their blind spot or even into the post/wall?

  • mad_machine

    Nov. 5, 2009 1:44 a.m. mad_machine UberDork

    and to think I know people who should not have a radio in their car when they drive

  • neon4891

    Nov. 5, 2009 11:29 a.m. neon4891 UltraDork

    mad_machine wrote:

    I do not know about you guys.. but I finally got a phone I can text on (palm pre) and I can't walk and text at the same time without wandering all over the hallways at work. How do people do it?

    On my razr I could text one handed with out paying attention to the phone. Now on my full keyboard phone it demands full attention.

  • PeteWW

    Nov. 6, 2009 3:59 p.m. PeteWW New Reader

    In reply to Luke:

    Bimmer.

  • confuZion3

    Nov. 6, 2009 6:03 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork

    Gearheadotaku wrote:

    and we though the new york cabbies were bad...

    E36 M3. I'd rather hang out in South Korea with those taxi drivers driving around than navigate through New York with our taxi drivers. At least we have excellent bus drivers.

 

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