NontechieTalk
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Apologies to the OP for this digression.
Does the notion of distracted driving include adjusting the heat/AC? Fiddling with the radio? Trying to get the Intermittent wiper timing just right for the amount of rain drizzle? Does two hands on the wheel mean driver side cupholders should be removed, because sipping your morning latte is something else in your hand other than the steering wheel? Let's have a show of hands all tbose who've never steered with your legs while your two hands were occupied. Anyone? Bueller?
What I'm talking about is not interacting actively with my phone while driving, it's having my phone's screen in my line of sight so that I can see it while keeping my eyes on the road ahead of me, especially in my current neck of the woods where city planners seem obsessed with ensuring that each intersection has a gazillion choices and turn offs in rapid succession or at the same time, and the driver's point of view makes it easiest to figure out where to go while moving at speed (I swear, I can't think of one intersection where I came from that is anywhere near as confusing as so many that I've seen since relocating - it's like these people were determined to flout all conventions established since the Dark Ages).
Am I recommending this to everyone? No, of course not. Should I install a clamp in my car? Sure.
In the meantime, the question was, in which hand do people hold their phones, and I was adding this example because of its practical relevance.
And as for modern cars, a tray to lay my phone down isn't helpful because, again, I'd have to take my eyes off the road to look down at the phone. When cars are designed as friendly to cellphone integration as they were for cigarette smoking, I'll be happy. I love dual clutch paddle shifters perhaps more than I ever thought I would - in fact, besides being out on the race tracm, I look foreard to the end of human driven cars altogether, when using smartphones will no longer be a distraction, but can be central to the transportation experience, and we can finally stop talking about distracted driving.
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