Vote for the best driving keyboard, Swype.

[Jastow]

Not me, I use voice texting; plus, I could lose driving privileges around my work area...and its dangerous!
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[slap0rama]

I used to use it all the time while driving when I had an Android. I have to agree that it's awesome for driving.

 

[cybodroid]

I thought WP doesn't support alternate keyboards?

 

[jleebiker]

I thought WP doesn't support alternate keyboards?

It doesnt. OP is wishing for something that doesnt exist right now.

 

[freestaterocker]

There's no such thing as "more safely" when it comes to texting & driving. Please stop before you kill somebody.

 

[Reflexx]

What the hell people? I don't care what keyboard you're using. STOP NOW.

 

[ohgood]

so no swyping while driving is the consensus, y'all must be a bunch of liars. dont tell me you didnt type into the directions on the maps while driving before.

actually, no. its very easy to stop, input an address, wait 4 seconds for routing, then travel on safely without distraction.

I've seen people with a notepad in one had, and phone in the other and worse, driving down the road. looks like an annoying way to go through life, instead of focusing on one very simple task at a time. maybe that is why the same people attempting to multitask are so obnoxious in person ?

 

[z33dev33l]

Umm, the best speech to text clearly wins which would easily be windows phone.

 

[freestaterocker]

Umm, the best speech to text clearly wins which would easily be windows phone.

yup

 

[Flagz]

so no swyping while driving is the consensus, y'all must be a bunch of liars. dont tell me you didnt type into the directions on the maps while driving before.

LOL? Ever heard of a red light, while your buying something to drink or gas at a station?. I can have a full conversation in text on the way to the person just at red lights. Speech to text is by far the beat though, all I do is hook my phone up via aux and it works flawlessly!

 

[squire777]

Can't say I've ever typed something while driving and if you're someone that's doing it then you should stop right away. If it's something important pull over somewhere to do whatever you want. Even talking while holding the phone to your ear is a major distraction and I have lost count of how many fools do stupid things on the road while on the phone.

 

[hopmedic]

Can't say I've ever typed something while driving and if you're someone that's doing it then you should stop right away. If it's something important pull over somewhere to do whatever you want. Even talking while holding the phone to your ear is a major distraction and I have lost count of how many fools do stupid things on the road while on the phone.

Talking while holding the phone to your ear?? Does anyone still do that??? My phone sits in a phone holder (for GPS when needed), and is linked by BT to the stereo, so I can listen to music, talk, text, and so forth, without even touching or looking at my phone.

(phone) Ding - Message received from Suzi - you can say, "read it or ignore."
(me) Read it
(phone) You're late for dinner. You can say, "Reply, call, or I'm done."
(me) Reply
(phone) Say your message.
(me) I'm never late for dinner.
(phone) I'm never late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) add more.
(phone) Say your message
(me) You can call me anything but late for dinner.
(phone) You can call me anything but late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) send.
(phone) Bleeep.

 

[ohgood]

Talking while holding the phone to your ear?? Does anyone still do that??? My phone sits in a phone holder (for GPS when needed), and is linked by BT to the stereo, so I can listen to music, talk, text, and so forth, without even touching or looking at my phone.

(phone) Ding - Message received from Suzi - you can say, "read it or ignore."
(me) Read it
(phone) You're late for dinner. You can say, "Reply, call, or I'm done."
(me) Reply
(phone) Say your message.
(me) I'm never late for dinner.
(phone) I'm never late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) add more.
(phone) Say your message
(me) You can call me anything but late for dinner.
(phone) You can call me anything but late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) send.
(phone) Bleeep.

there are studies, if you care to research or believe, that show hands-free is not less of a distraction than holding the phone to your ear. the level of confusion hops a few notches the first time the phone misreads a text, or misinterprets a voice input.

skip the distractions, just drive. there is -nothing- your phone can do that is worth slamming into other people that actually care about themselves and others.

 

[hopmedic]

After ten years of talking on a radio as a paramedic / firefighter, having picked up the mic to do so, as well as having talked on the phone for years before any such studies came out (using cell phones in vehicles since 1992), I can tell you first hand that I am far less distracted when talking hands-free than with a handset to my head or a mic in my hand. But whatever you wish to believe....

 

[ohgood]

After ten years of talking on a radio as a paramedic / firefighter, having picked up the mic to do so, as well as having talked on the phone for years before any such studies came out (using cell phones in vehicles since 1992), I can tell you first hand that I am far less distracted when talking hands-free than with a handset to my head or a mic in my hand. But whatever you wish to believe....

you're right, I prefer some real world studies to imagined results.

its really nice when both the tests and results are neither biased or skewed by agendas.

again, this is the safer cigarrette, I suppose.

 

[borasar]

Damn,
Suzi runs a tight ship!

Talking while holding the phone to your ear?? Does anyone still do that??? My phone sits in a phone holder (for GPS when needed), and is linked by BT to the stereo, so I can listen to music, talk, text, and so forth, without even touching or looking at my phone.

(phone) Ding - Message received from Suzi - you can say, "read it or ignore."
(me) Read it
(phone) You're late for dinner. You can say, "Reply, call, or I'm done."
(me) Reply
(phone) Say your message.
(me) I'm never late for dinner.
(phone) I'm never late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) add more.
(phone) Say your message
(me) You can call me anything but late for dinner.
(phone) You can call me anything but late for dinner. You can say, "Send, add more, or try again."
(me) send.
(phone) Bleeep.

 

[hopmedic]

you're right, I prefer some real world studies to imagined results.

its really nice when both the tests and results are neither biased or skewed by agendas.

again, this is the safer cigarrette, I suppose.

When all was said and done, NHTSA concluded that "Talking on a cell phone, of any type, while driving was not associated with an increased safety-critical event (SCE) risk. SCEs comprised crashes, near-crashes, and crash-relevant conflicts". In other words, talking on the phone is not, in itself, a distraction.

NHTSA's Distracted-Driving Guidelines Say Hands-Free Calls Are A-Okay

I'm sure you pull over into a parking lot to put your car in park and turn off the engine before you put in your earpiece so that you can be aware of everything that goes on around you, too.

 

[chezm]

only once did i try texting and driving...i almost went into a ditch...it wasnt even for personal use, it was work related.

never again will i attempt to drive and text, its way too dangerous and i have enough respect for other drivers to Not do it. Obviously others arent the same.

Why is it necessary to text while driving, when you can just call someone and use speaker phone...so you can at lets keep your eyes on the road.

 

[hopmedic]

only once did i try texting and driving...i almost went into a ditch...it wasnt even for personal use, it was work related.

never again will i attempt to drive and text, its way too dangerous and i have enough respect for other drivers to Not do it. Obviously others arent the same.

Why is it necessary to text while driving, when you can just call someone and use speaker phone...so you can at lets keep your eyes on the road.

The point that some of us are trying to make is that you can text without touching or looking at your phone, just like you can talk on it. Read the whole thread.

 

[ohgood]

NHTSA's Distracted-Driving Guidelines Say Hands-Free Calls Are A-Okay

I'm sure you pull over into a parking lot to put your car in park and turn off the engine before you put in your earpiece so that you can be aware of everything that goes on around you, too.

half way down, your own link proves my argument, with interesting bits highlighted for ease of use, thanks:

ref: http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1083704_study-hands-free-texting-is-no-safer-than-typing
"A debate is raging about taking and making hands-free calls behind the wheel. Some folks think the practice is perfectly safe, while others (like the National Transportation Safety Board) believe that all conversations are distracting, whether or not drivers hold a phone to their ear.But what about other hands-free activities -- like dictating text messages to friends? A new study from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University reveals that sending those messages using voice-to-text software is just as distracting as looking down at your phone and typing messages by hand.
To reach those conclusions, the Institute put 43 drivers on a test track and measured each on three separate tasks:
1. Driving without texting at all.
2. Driving while typing a text message on a cell phone.
3. Driving while dictating a text message using voice-to-text software.
The similarities between scenario #2 and #3 were striking. Eye-contact with the road declined in both cases, and although subject felt more comfortable dictating their messages than typing, their reaction times were the same in both situations. Most importantly, those reaction times were twice as long as when the subjects weren't texting at all.
As anyone who's used voice-to-text programs can attest, lead researcher Christine Yager noted that using dictation software to compose texts took more time than typing. That's largely due to the still-evolving state of that software, which doesn't always do a great job of transcribing. As a result, drivers had to spend considerable time correcting their dictated text messages before they sent them.
Yager explains her team's findings using language that the NTSB has used before: whether typing or speaking to a computer, "You're still using your mind to try to think of what you're trying to say, and that by proxy causes some driving impairment, and that decreases your response time".
Which only confirms what we've known for some time: when you're driving, you should probably focus on driving.
[h/t John Voelcker]"


this isn't about me, this about you, saying that texting and driving is safe, that you can handle it, and it doesn't effect your attention focus.


you're partially correct, in that i do not make or recieve calls, texts, video chats, or similar while driving. since they don't matter to me enough to jeopardize my own safety, there is no reason to stop specifically to see whatever was missed. i usually check before getting out of the car at home. believe it or not, some people function without instant communications ruling their lives.