And I thought the phones were bad..

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.

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

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?

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

Saw one in a cab in Puerto Rico.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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?

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?

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

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.

In reply to Luke:

Bimmer.

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.