Internet Access in Automobiles- Part 2: Social Networking Behind The Wheel

To top off the internet access, Ford has invented a new technology that can used to make the Twitter-while-driving experience quite simple. Future Ford cars will be updated with an application that allows drivers to verbally update their twitter feeds while behind the wheel. Sounds pretty convenient right? Now you can say,"Wow, I am so pissed at this heavy traffic" or "I am making a left turn...NOW!" Exciting, right? Well, if I were an avid Twitter user, I may have been excited; but because I'm not, I can quickly see the downside. Not only will this new addition be distracting, it will be an amazing source of road rage. As many people know, including the students of Information 3.0, voice recognition technology is nowhere near a good standard of performance. I'm quite positive this attempt at making Twitter easily accessible in a car will backfire due to the annoying problems that will arise from the voice recognition. As a result, drivers will become frustrated and annoyed, making them more prone to do dangerous acts while driving. Distraction is one thing, anger is another. Once voice recognition technology becomes more advanced and actually..well...works, this type of technology will be much less troublesome and actually quite nifty.