by
Devin Coldewey
on
April 22, 2008
I picture myself driving my Honda through the Central District of Seattle on my way to work. It’s a nice day, my windows are down. I stop at a red light. As people cross in front of me, my robo-car chirps "Caution! This area is dangerous!" to me and those around me, then loudly locks the doors. Trouble, people. T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
It will, of course, only be available in Japan for now, and I get the feeling it won’t catch on. Imagine your car telling you to be careful every day as you pull into your driveway? Even if it is based on historical data, it’s still kind of degrading, and kind of unnecessary. Who drives cars in Japan anyway? While I was there, every person I saw was either on a scooter or subway train.
Comments
If only you could customize it to play Elvis’ “In the ghetto” then you would know what is up and the people passing by would just think you had really great taste in music - everyone wins!
I don’t need a GPS to tell me when I’m in a bad neighborhood. The gutted row houses and shady individuals give it away pretty well on their own. The people who would want this are the same people that would drive their car into a lake if the GPS said to.
Judging from this photo the most disturbing thing is that Honda completly ripped off the Toyota Prius multifunction display.
Who needs this… just equip each vehicle with flamethrowers like they do in South Africa… that would be a far more effective deterrent to any car-jacking then a simple warning.
Jon
http://dreamclue.com …get the message!
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