FROM: David Fucich <drfoster@pdq.net>
SUBJECT: Re: LandCruiser quirks
DATE: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:54:39 -0600
ORGANIZATION: KaDaResearch
NEWSGROUPS: rec.autos.4x4

ryanbuckner@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> I just bought a 2001 LandCruiser with Nav system,
> loaded. I was dissapointed to see that the
> passender can't watch a DVD movie while someone
> else drives. The engine has to be off to get
> video, although you can listen to the movie while
> driving.
> 
> Is there any way around this? This would be a
> great asset on long trips.
> 
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> http://www.deja.com/

I don't know if there is, but you don't want it anyway. Human nature is
such, that despite your best intentions, something would come up on the
screen that would draw your attention at the worst possible time.
Afterwards, you would regret having defeated the system.

In early 90's I participated in a test of a federally funded program
under the title of the smart highway system. We equipted 24 Avis
Oldsmobiles with realtime satellite navigation systems with LCD screens
that would show the driver his routing and traffic conditions enroute.
In less that 36 days, all 24 vehicles had been wrecked, 17 totalled,
because the drivers were using the system and not watching the road.

The system has since been modified to only allow video 
while the vehicle is in PARK and audio only while in motion.

DF