This is some scary shit!

[trumad]

[Turbineguy]

1. Are we seeing the industrialization

of people living in their cars?

[TheWraith]

2. Nobody went broke underestimating the intelligence of average people.

Technically not a true statement, but close. Somewhere, there's going to be hundreds or thousands of idiots capable of actually buying this.

[cui bono]

3. I guarantee you I will see someone using this in rush hour traffic on the 405 in Los Angeles.

[HopeHoops]

6. That's how most rush-hour highway accidents happen - distraction.

They're usually minor, a broken plastic bumper frame or something, but they fuck up the commute for everyone else. Back in, oh shit, 93 or so, I was commuting with a buddy (he was driving) and there was a guy in a Saab in the 3rd lane. We were in the hammer lane. He had a newspaper spread out over the ENTIRE STEERING AND VIEWING section. There's no way he could have seen anything that wasn't in the side or rear view mirrors. He was also doing 55 in a 65 zone (which means 80mph in MA). As we passed by, he looked over at us and then went back to reading his paper. We were both blown away by that.

[cui bono]

15. I have seen that. I saw someone balancing their checkbook or something...

shaving... putting on makeup... you name it, Los Angeles drivers have done it!

[Newest Reality]

4. The farther you go ...

the stranger it gets.

They probably had a portable vomitorium for sale around the time of the Fall of Rome.

[redqueen]

5. Some salespeople travel, and some spend a lot of time in their cars. (nt)

[HopeHoops]

8. Being a sales hole doesn't mean you shouldn't drive safely.

Granted, most sales holes don't have the intelligence to operate a wheelbarrow, much less a car, but that thing is almost the definition of "driver distraction".

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. Some people are smart enough to pull over.

I used to spend a lot of time in the car. I would do a lot of work in clients' parking lots, restaurant parking lots etc.

[HopeHoops]

13. I spent way too much time in rental cars. I won't travel for a job anymore. Period.

I didn't have WiFi when I traveled for my jobs, but I usually had a laptop. Well, at least after they became available in the late 80's. You can't exactly call an Osborne (27 lbs or so) a laptop, but I used one. The Zenith "portable" wouldn't qualify either. Still, it is disgusting that they are promoting distracted driving with that thing. It is bad enough as it is with cell phones and fucking DVD screens in the sun visors.

:rant:

[polmaven]

10. And it they are passengers

then OK...But do you see that that thing is on the steering wheel????

[redqueen]

11. They spend a lot of time parked... making calls,

looking up directions, etc.

I'm actually surprised this isn't more well-known.

[RagAss]

7. This should insure that I burn to a crisp on I-95 when some ASSCLOWN installs this !

[Philosopher King]

9. Looks like trial lawyers dream...

I see the "Note," but ladder manufacturers have multiple warning stickers and that doesn't stop the greedy bastards.

[Scuba]

14. Didn't you see the fine print? "Not recommended at speeds over 60 mph".

[HysteryDiagnosis]

16. Will the screen right itself like an Iphone?? One would hope so if one

was taking a hairpin turn.

[obliviously]

17. It is for use when parked

It could no more be used while people are driving than could cardboard sun shields that shade your front seat be used while driving. Oh hell I imagine people here have protested those too.

[uppityperson]

18. I love when this or bonsaikittens is posted.

Or Why Paint Cats. They all get some in an uproar.

[yawnmaster]

19. This won't work well while driving. It's made for stationary use...

Otherwise, your dinner would slide off the tray when you make a turn.

[MilesColtrane]

20. That's nothing.

I've seen a guy driving along talking on his cell phone WHILE WATCHING A BASKETBALL GAME on a flip down screen on his sun visor.

[ErikJ]

21. "Laptop Slices Man in Half"

[Courtesy Flush]

22. I respond with humor...

Here's a similar product on Amazon. Look at the customer images.

http://www.amazon.com/Wheelmate-Laptop-Steering-Wheel-Desk/dp/B000IZGIA8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321408113&sr=8-1

[hlthe2b]

23. I once had to routinely commute up to Wyoming from front range of Colorado....

North of Fort Collins, the traffic thins out quite a bit and I would see EVERYTHING (literally) being done in the car while driving 80 MPH or faster... Reading the newspaper on the steering wheel, shaving (and not just ones face--LOL), naturally all the usual tech related distractions, including watching tv/dvds, as well as food, and makeup application. So, i can not say this would surprise me, except that they are undoubtedly "late to the party".... I'm sure others have already come up with something similar to keep their laptop on their steering wheel... :shrug: