Driven To Distraction
‘ACCORDING to the official Anorak Vehicle Handbook, British drivers upset by another motorists antics should stop, take a deep breath and count to ten thousand.
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While this has proven a popular tactic with drivers who routinely use the M25, drivers in Japan prefer a different method.
Over there, any driver deemed to have wronged another motorist is invited to fall up on his own car aerial, sharpened to a point for such a purpose.
But the boffins at Toyota would prefer their most honourable customers to live, and, the Telegraph reports, theyve come up with a modern new system to achieve their goal.
The vehicle expression system will allow cars to express functions, such as a crying or laughing, it says on the companys patent, which will in turn create a joyful, organic atmosphere on the congested roadways.
The drivers mood is picked up on by sensors within the vehicle, causing the car to, say, glow red if its been cut up or shed a tear if its broken down.
If the driver is happy, the car might wink with a quick switch of headlights; and if a pedestrian steps out unexpectedly in front of the car, a light on the bonnet would pulse orange to indicate surprise.
And if a pretty girl/Prince Edward walks past, the bonnet will spring up and the car veer uncontrollably into the oncoming traffic…’
Posted: 27th, July 2004 | In: Broadsheets Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
