[aprssig] APRS Messages and Operating Codes (Q & Z)

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

I either hand the phone to a passenger and dictate responses or simply 
pull off into the nearest parking lot to deal with messaging and/or 
phone calls.  Full attention through the windscreen is, IMHO, even 
better than clicking keypad buttons with one hand and glancing at a 
heads-up display.  Scanning guages and/or speedometer is much faster and 
far less distracting than parsing a textual display no matter how large 
or in-line that display is.

No matter what the installation, I don't condone anything more extensive 
than talking into a microphone while behind the wheel.  I'll do radio, 
but not cell phone while driving.  The difference is the duplex.  Radio 
is half duplex which isn't nearly as concentration inhibiting as a full 
duplex phone call, again IMHO.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 4/26/2011 10:52 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>> Even if the interface was as good as my smartphone,
>> it wouldn't be safe to operate messaging mobile.
> It is not "safe" even getting into a car.  IN fact, it is not "safe" to even
> get out of bed in the morning.
>
> Safety is a relative issue.  Using a D700 with head's up display right under
> the driver's slight line is far safer to send a text than any cell phone.
> On the cell, you have to look down, away from the highway and re-focus your
> eyes to a tiny screen for each key press.  For the D700 with a properly
> mounted heads up display, you only need a slight glance occasionally to
> confirm accuracy.
>
> Again, this only applies to properly mounted head's up units.
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
>
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