Rebooting the Car
I was driving with the family in the family's super high tech spaceship - errr, make that minivan, when something stopped working.
It wasn't the sonar, on dashboard screen map, or rear camera, but the DVD player. If you don't have kids and an in-car DVD player you won't understand, but trust me it bordered on crisis. I was about to live through 45 minutes plus of whining.
I was driving, so I gave my wife suggestions. "Turn it off and then on again. Try again. Try another DVD" etc. Nothing worked. It was dead in the water.
I pulled over to the side of the highway. Turned off the car. Removed the ignition key. Replaced it and started it again.
Everything worked perfectly! (I should have said we closed the Windows first, but this is no Microsoft Windows joke!).
Yet another example of something with too much technology!
"Technology for technology's sake" no doubt. Give me a stupid car with a semi intelligent driver, than an allegedly smart car with any driver please!
It wasn't the sonar, on dashboard screen map, or rear camera, but the DVD player. If you don't have kids and an in-car DVD player you won't understand, but trust me it bordered on crisis. I was about to live through 45 minutes plus of whining.
I was driving, so I gave my wife suggestions. "Turn it off and then on again. Try again. Try another DVD" etc. Nothing worked. It was dead in the water.
I pulled over to the side of the highway. Turned off the car. Removed the ignition key. Replaced it and started it again.
Everything worked perfectly! (I should have said we closed the Windows first, but this is no Microsoft Windows joke!).
Yet another example of something with too much technology!
"Technology for technology's sake" no doubt. Give me a stupid car with a semi intelligent driver, than an allegedly smart car with any driver please!
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 12:18 AM
Comments on "Rebooting the Car"
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Elizabeth said ... (Monday, May 02, 2005 2:49:00 AM) :
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Anonymous said ... (Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:29:00 PM) :
post a commentI love cars/mini-vans/suvs with DVD players. I could drive aimlessly behind them for hours watching along. It's probably dangerous but sometimes you just gotta find out what Blue's trying to tell you.
Imagine that - a whole generation that doesn't know how to pass the time in the car by singing "Found a peanut" or other vehicle classics. Or even better, doesn't learn the joy of saying, "Fred's looking at me," or "Fiona's on my side!" Could be good, could be bad....
- Jeff