Text about a hands-free car kit in today's Woot-Off

[christopher575]

HANG UP

And Drive

Hey, so you’ve got yourself a Southwing Hands-Free Bluetooth Car Kit. That’s great. Now you can keep both hands on the wheel, instead of fumbling with your phone as you sail down the highway paying no heed to those of us around you.

It does voice dialing, too, so you don’t have to let go of the steering wheel during that process. Although knowing you, you’ll probably decide this leaves your hands free to do your mascara or something. It’s really terrifying sharing the road with you, you know that, right?

What am I saying? Of course you don’t know that. You’re barely aware other motorists even exist. It’d be far too much to expect you to imagine we have anxieties about your unpredictable swerving. Or that we actually ascribe meaning to turn signals and even use them to communicate. That would blow your mind. Our cars are vehicles we drive, see. Yours is more like a wheeled smoking lounge where you hang out with friends and listen to music while hurtling around at dangerously high speeds.

Here’s a crazy idea: After you get used to driving with your hands on the wheel instead of your phone, maybe you could try it with your mind on the road instead of whatever stupid, inconsequential “conversation” you decided to have with your girlfriend at work not because you had information to exchange with her, but because a ten-minute drive is too much for your chihuahua-like attention span. I’M GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR! THIS IS BORING, I’M GONNA CALL JEN!

It’s just a suggestion. Mull it over.

Hey, oops! It’s, uh, sort of conventional to pass on the left, sweetheart.

Comments

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

i don't make phone calls from my car often, but when i do, i spend more time and effort

a)turning on bluetooth on my phone b)trying to find the headset in my glove compartment
c)turning it on (usually only to find the battery is dead)
d)getting it to connect to my phone
e)getting it to stay in my ear

than i do on the actual phone call i'm trying to make.

so most of the time i don't even bother and instead i put the phone in my lap on speakerphone.

[jameth.livejournal.com]

i just put mine on speakerphone as well
it works so much better

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

You could just put your hands-free set on and connect to Bluetooth on the phone before you start the car.

[hildeaux.livejournal.com]

it's so rare that i need to make a phone call from the car that it's not really worth it to do that every time. i keep bluetooth turned off on my phone to save battery.