Hello Jim,
Great technology for certain. I like that internet and texting can only be accessed when the vehicle is in park.
Although we have no phone law in BC every day I see driver holding on to their phones and talking while driving. I guess the chances of getting caught by the law enforces are pretty slim!
The last time I rode my motorcycle I stopped beside a young driver who had stopped past the stop sign, the white line was behind his car, he was on his phone and I was making a left turn in front of him, scary for me.
I said " You know you shouldn't be doing that" his reply was, "my headset is broken". Lack of enforcement of traffic rules is a major problem in the Vancouver area. Driving in the USA police are visible enforcing whereever I driveNot so in the Lower mainland where people flout the laws.
I really find my GPS useful, take a laptop with me, listen to the radio at times and have no cell/mobile phone.
So I wonder if the car companies will one day assume the responsibility for providing gadgets that might distract the driver from driving and keeping both hands on the steering wheel except for changing gears, if the vehicle has a manual transmission?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/d70w7/4911484003/in/set-72157624733706182/Keep up the good reporting