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Wow. Well if you remember your driver's training you were trained to adjust the side and rear view mirrors prior to driving. Although we all may and probably do adjust our mirrors during our commutes. Just so you know here in California it is illegal to mount a GPS unit anywhere on the windshield except on to the left of the steering wheel, which was only approved in the last year and before that it was not legal to mount a GPS unit anywhere on the windshield. Sure it can be argued that other states have different laws. However the reason that it was/is illegal is because it obstructs a clear view of the road this is one of the reasons for the dash disc and dash mats. Also for the record may GPS units also play music and have ebook and picture viewers as well. In your opinion would it be acceptable to look at pictures or ebooks on the GPS unit or for that matter punch in a address or look at your contact list? I'm having a extremely difficult time gauging where you would draw the line for distractions. How can you justify one distraction as acceptable over another? Frankly it makes no since to me. I will state that I am as guilty as the next person when it comes to distractions, but I won't say that one distraction is acceptable over another because I may look at my GPS unit, answer my phone or look at a sheet of paper making thus making that behavior acceptable. But because I don't look at my e-reader while driving then that has to be classified as unacceptable.
In the eyes of the law I believe that all of the examples cited would be classifed as a distraction and is unacceptable although most of us can be accused of it.
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