Innovative LED Display, prevents Road Rage

Seems to me that it would increase road rage.

 

I'd like one that connects to my ScanGauge.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Marlin @ Apr 18 2007, 11:57 AM) [snapback]425487[/snapback]</div>

That would be my vote as well. People who get raged at regularly will make use of it, instead of fixing the problem between the seat and the steering wheel.

My friend told me about this lady she saw cutting people off, but she would hold up a sign that apologizes or something to that effect. My opinion is that if someone made the effort to make signs like that, it must mean they really suck at driving because they were beeped at so many times in the past.

 

I had been thinking about getting something similar but the one I saw at thinkgeek.com only showed emoticons. I decided against it because I was worried that someone might interpret a smiley face as "ha ha I got in front of you" instead of "thanks for letting me merge in front of you"

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8e9a/

I was also concerned because the thinkgeek site said "May not be legal in all states". I was too lazy to do the research to find out where I could use it.

 

I like Gallagher's (the comedian) idea: Give drivers dart guns with suction tipped darts that say "Stupid" on little flags, then all the police have to do is drive around until they see some car with four or five darts on it and arrest the driver for being an idiot.

Tom

 

I think that LED display would be great if we could also put in our current mpg's as we drive along.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Apr 19 2007, 12:24 AM) [snapback]425817[/snapback]</div>

I think I would like to do this on my backroad commutes to work where the people behind are wondering why I'm coasting at the speed limit... :lol:

 

When I was driving in Ireland a few years back, there was a car on the road in front of me that had a cardboard sign reading "Sorry, we are French" in its back window.

I thought it was very funny; my friend took a picture, but you can't really read the sign...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Warwind @ Apr 19 2007, 05:15 AM) [snapback]425926[/snapback]</div>

I bet it would have the same problems as e-mail when people don't know your tone. If you flash a Thankyou! They won't know if you are being sincere or sarcastic, so the results could be real random.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(siliconhybrid @ Apr 18 2007, 02:52 PM) [snapback]425483[/snapback]</div>

I think many would be reprogrammed to say another form of the phrase "BACK OFF". Clue: it still ends with the word "OFF". That just might increase the level of road rage a wee bit...

Rick
#4 2006

 

To get people to back off, why not add a low powered BB gun that is calibrated to shoot BBs out one car length per 10 MHP as the proper following distance based on the speedometer. It could be activated when someone tailgates, and they think your tires are throwing up gravel and they back off to protect their paint.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NoMoShocks @ May 2 2007, 11:37 PM) [snapback]434540[/snapback]</div>

Brilliant! I like it

 

But then, how easy would it be to put one in the front to display "A$$&0%^" when you're cut off by someone else?

 

You'd have to program it to display backwards so it's readable in their rear-view mirror if you mount it facing forward.

I'm sure we've all wished we could express our sincere emotions to other drivers at times, and if you think for a moment about the kind of emotions you want to express most of the time while driving, you probably realize this would only make matters worse on the roads.

Even a sincere "Thank You" would piss me off sometimes, because most of the times that I get the "Thank you" wave from other drivers, it's because they cut me off and didn't give me a choice about letting them in, or because they've pulled so far into traffic while waiting to make a turn that you can only either run into them or let them go.

And an exterior-facing real-time MPG display is a bad idea too. Imagine exposing non-Prius-drivers to the numbers that get newbie Prius drivers so concerned about their MPG. Every SUV driver that sees "9 mpg" when you're accelerating from a stop on an uphill slope would feel superior because they don't realize they're getting a third of that in the same conditions. Even a tank-total MPG display would be misleading in most cases.

 

yeah, all is fine and dandy...........a bit sarcastically said, UNTIL you get the hackers that will modify their signs to show profanity. like $%^&*&^ you a$$hole, blah blah blah.....

that would add a bit of fuel to the fire.