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Can Android auto "safety break" be disabled somehow?
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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Just because the phone is connected to the car doesn't mean that the driver of said car is using the phone, or that the phone even belongs to the person driving.
It is Android's job to provide music and entertainment to my car's head unit. It is my job to drive safely. It is NOT the job of Android to make sure I'm driving safely. Why in the hell should my passenger have to sit through repeated "safety breaks" while they try to scroll down to play a new song?
Indeed just issuing a warning at connection or so "keep in mind to drive safely and keep an eye on the road" would be more appropriate IMHO. There is the same kind of restrictions with Waze, you cannot access the keyboard when driving and are forced to use the speech recognition which is often difficult (especially in foreign countries where street names are in foreign language).
That's the point I'm making, android cannot know who is driving and has to assume it's the user of the phone because that is the safest assumption. There should be an option to accept liability for using the phone and driving but that may not be legally defensible. Sexy people outside my window should also sign disclaimers because I keep crashing my car looking at them.
I mean if you look at it that way anyone just using a car is a security risk at that point.