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Originally Posted by haertig
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.
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That's why I switched to CarPlay. All the controls are on the dash, and on my car, I can pause it and restart it via a button on the steering wheel. It works fine for my usage. I've never found listening to stuff particular distracting unless I was in the absolute worse weather conditions when I needed absolute concentration.