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haertig · 07-05-2019, 11:51 PM

I just got back from my trip. 2700 miles roundtrip (Denver to the west Puget Sound area) while towing a trailer.

You all were 100% right about taking your eyes off the road! You definitely don't do that. I was thinking that the app I had would prevent that, with it's tap to pause, tap to play operation. HOWEVER, smartphones go to sleep and lock their screens. Once I saw that happen, I abandoned even trying to use it while driving. The Smartphone became a 100% passenger-operated device (except for voice commands that I gave it). Do not touch while driving! Especially when towing a trailer - those require so much more attention and precision than just driving a car. I found that even LISTENING to an audiobook was too much distraction once I got out to the skinny lane, hilly and tightly winding roads on the peninsula.

07-05-2019, 11:51 PM	#7
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,899 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	I just got back from my trip. 2700 miles roundtrip (Denver to the west Puget Sound area) while towing a trailer. You all were 100% right about taking your eyes off the road! You definitely don't do that. I was thinking that the app I had would prevent that, with it's tap to pause, tap to play operation. HOWEVER, smartphones go to sleep and lock their screens. Once I saw that happen, I abandoned even trying to use it while driving. The Smartphone became a 100% passenger-operated device (except for voice commands that I gave it). Do not touch while driving! Especially when towing a trailer - those require so much more attention and precision than just driving a car. I found that even LISTENING to an audiobook was too much distraction once I got out to the skinny lane, hilly and tightly winding roads on the peninsula.