Great - so the car behind has to wait how long while the people in front spend all their time browsing, not counting the time it takes them to learn how to use it first. Sounds like a punch up waiting to happen.
Pet hate? People parking on a pump, then not using it and going straight into the shop. Possibly why bullbars were invented.
Also, the cheap GPS units are getting widespread, and many cars have GPS as an option. Not to mention cell phones with GPS feature. I think in the nearest future the majority of drivers will use their own GPS of some sort and those pretty screens would collect the dust and display advertisements only.
Wouldn't it be better to put a Google LCD kiosk or two on every gas station for those computer-literate occasional drivers? That will be cheaper, I guess.
I strongly believe the initial idea behind those screens is advertisement (including Google itself). They included maps functionality just to disguise the ads.
DUH! thats what I don't understand, Why would google do something like this for free? It just doesn't make sense. Plus who cares about some ads? Thats how life is, everything is out to get money. Hell, even church is a business these days( actually its been like that for ever)
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Great - so the car behind has to wait how long while the people in front spend all their time browsing, not counting the time it takes them to learn how to use it first. Sounds like a punch up waiting to happen.
Pet hate? People parking on a pump, then not using it and going straight into the shop.
Possibly why bullbars were invented.
Also, the cheap GPS units are getting widespread, and many cars have GPS as an option. Not to mention cell phones with GPS feature. I think in the nearest future the majority of drivers will use their own GPS of some sort and those pretty screens would collect the dust and display advertisements only.
Wouldn't it be better to put a Google LCD kiosk or two on every gas station for those computer-literate occasional drivers? That will be cheaper, I guess.
I strongly believe the initial idea behind those screens is advertisement (including Google itself). They included maps functionality just to disguise the ads.
@Electomodo
DUH! thats what I don't understand, Why would google do something like this for free? It just doesn't make sense. Plus who cares about some ads? Thats how life is, everything is out to get money. Hell, even church is a business these days( actually its been like that for ever)