New lines of cars contain media consoles, docks for cellphones and other means to inform and comfort drivers at rates never seen before in the auto industry. But the issue with these features is that it is also easier than ever for drivers to be distracted from the road, where their attention should always be while a car is in motion.
A police department in a North Carolina city reported that one of their officers was involved in a collision with another car after he checked his in-car computer. The interaction with a screen led the officer to fail to notice stopped traffic in front of him, and he struck the car in front of him while traveling around 35 miles per hour. Both cars in the collision were damaged with costs in the thousands.