Big Brother and the worthless Nav System...

[grabinov]

"Keyboard Disabled While Vehicle is in Motion"!

What kind of Nav system won't let you enter an address while the vehicle is moving? So I'm supposed to pull off the highway to enter an address? Apparently I didn't buy a truck. I bought a big brother computer with wheels. I'm afraid to link my phone for fear that it will call the police if I forget to put my seatbelt on...

This truck needs to do something to impress me. And fast...

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Well being a firefighter that has had to remove several expired people from vehicles that crashed because of electronic distractions, I really don't see having to pull over as that big of a deal.

 

[RustyJC]

"Keyboard Disabled While Vehicle is in Motion"!

What kind of Nav system won't let you enter an address while the vehicle is moving?

Ummmm.....the ones in every vehicle I have owned since 2000 with a factory nav system - including Acura, Toyota, Volvo & Ram.

We just completed a trip from the Houston area to eastern Tennessee in May to pick up our new 5th wheel, and the factory nav system (with Sirius traffic) was close to flawless (other than routing us through downtown Birmingham at 8:00 AM rather than around the bypass). Disabling keyboard-intensive functions while in motion is SOP for modern vehicles, so if I were you I'd get used to it.

Rusty

 

[Bob V]

I also understand your frustrations, but should you really be trying to hand enter an address while you are going down the road? over the last few years I have had a few cars/trucks different manufactures with the factory GPS and none of them allowed much user input when moving.

 

[Doubleclutch]

Have you tried doing the voice entry?

 

[grabinov]

You guys are great. I've been on the sire for years and everyone here is helpful. My 2004 was an awesome truck and maybe I'm just missing it a little.

But there's no reason that my wife (who was sitting in the other front seat) shouldn't be able to enter an address as we drive down the road on vacation. As to it having become common - I guess that's probably true. I've never had a car w a factory Nav system. Out of curiosity, is the same true of the functions that allow you to search for gas stations, etc.?

Personally, I am much more distracted by the 53 new gauge settings, 167 new radio stations, heated steering wheel, air suspension with no instructions and the tow haul, exhaust brake and push-button shifting! LOL. I'm amazed at how much of that stuff they DO let you do while in motion!

 

[CRodi]

This all makes perfect sense, from a safety point of view.
Do you think the next generation of GPS system can differentiate between the driver or a passenger entering the information in the GPS? Perhaps an angle of view far enough from the driver to allow the passenger to enter and up date the GPS. Just food for thought.

 

[RustyJC]

Out of curiosity, is the same true of the functions that allow you to search for gas stations, etc.?!

On ours, you can do a POI search while in motion.

Rusty

 

[grabinov]

Voice Entry! I'll bet that's how it's supposed to work! It says "Keyboard disabled" not GPS disabled. Hah! I'll try it. Thanks Clutch.

Now if I can just figure out what the "Alternate Trailer Level" suspension is doing. There's a compressor, but I never hear it running. I'm trying to tell if it's a closed system like the one in the 1500's or if it's more like the ones we have all installed aftermarket - just pump air in from outside.

 

[PMcCall]

if you want to get around it try this

http://oemautopartsco.com/products/uconnect-access-c8-v2-lockpick

 

[Powder Extreme]

I've never understood why the passenger can't enter things into the GPS. Use the same weight sensor they use for the passenger airbag to enable or disable the entry feature. Or step it up even more like a Mercedes I had that would let the driver view the radio, gps, etc while the passenger watched a movie on the SAME screen.

 

[grabinov]

if you want to get around it try this

http://oemautopartsco.com/products/uconnect-access-c8-v2-lockpick

Wow! That's neat! It was only a matter of time before the hacks started coming...

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I've never understood why the passenger can't enter things into the GPS. Use the same weight sensor they use for the passenger airbag to enable or disable the entry feature. Or step it up even more like a Mercedes I had that would let the driver view the radio, gps, etc while the passenger watched a movie on the SAME screen.

The problem is we're human in nature and sooner or later, we'll figure a way to bypass the safety features. I really don't care if they injure or kill themselves. It's when they kill innocent families is when I have to appreciate those safety features.

I've seen it first hand. The rise in auto accidents because of electronic distractions is very real. Maybe you guys would fell different when you have to extract a dead 17 month baby from a car seat because mommy or daddy was trying to change an end point on the GPS. FLAME AWAY ALL YOU LIKE.

 

[Powder Extreme]

Although I agree with you, it just pisses me off that society as a whole is so friggin stupid we need big brother to protect us from ourselves.

I've never been an EMT or the like, but in the millions of miles I've been first or second on an accident scene several times that was totally avoidable if the driver had been paying attention.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Although I agree with you, it just pisses me off that society as a whole is so friggin stupid we need big brother to protect us from ourselves.

I've never been an EMT or the like, but in the millions of miles I've been first or second on an accident scene several times that was totally avoidable if the driver had been paying attention.

I hear ya my friend. We need to focus on driving, landmarks and planning ahead just
Ike we did before all this crap came along. This CRAP makes life easier but it's making us very stupid at the same time. Hope that makes sense?

 

[Powder Extreme]

Makes perfect sense! Just like European cars from the 80's. No cup holders. They couldn't figure out why us Americans needed a place to hold our big gulps, we are supposed to be driving!

 

[Cummins12V98]

Each person using the system needs to do the voice training. It really is amazing how well it works.

I have a Garmin that wants you to press a button stating you will obey the rules of the road or something like that and you can use it at anytime. Yes it's called CYA for the auto makers.

 

[jacknife]

It's the government and the lawyers that caused this. On my 2010 KW the motion or not was optional not anymore.

 

[kvtcomdo]

My truck won't let me, My Garmins haven't let me since 2006 I think.

It's a safety feature and I think it's a good one.

I get it, your spouse while a passenger can do it; the computer doesn't know who's entering data.

They want you to get there alive.

Is it such a burden???

Be safe out there.

 

[Killgore]

And, so I'm roaring through Houston in eight lanes of traffic, exceeding the limits of my Chinese made ST tires on the fiver, and my niece is texting me every two minutes wanting to know where we are, when we'll get there, have we had a good trip so far, etc? I threw the phone in the floorboard and told my wife to call "goofy" and tell her that, "Uncle Ed doesn't text and at the moment he's not sure whether or not we're even going to make it!"