I take it that you don't use a temperature gauge or volt/ammeter in your vehicles... I find them quite useful to monitor, especially on a long trip.
Richard P. > >> If most of the dash info (spedo, tach fuel etc.) could be done this way >> would not necessitate taking eyes off of the road so much. > > Does one really need to take their eyes off the road all that much? > What is the need to constantly keep looking at the speedometer, tach > or gas gauge? I can drive my car all day long without having to look > at the speedometer at all and I still know almost exactly how fast I > am going. One glance at my gas guage tells me all I need to know. > One doesn't have to have done much driving at all, especially in a > particular vehicle, to be able to quite accurately judge speed. I can > tell by how my engine sounds coupled with how fast the scenery is > going by. I don't need some computerized speedometer to tell me the > difference between 35 and 45 mph or between 60 and 75 mph. > > Heads-up displays still take your eyes off the road in that your > point of focus becomes the windshield, not the roadway beyond, and at > night can be a real distraction. > > Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************