My new GTI has full on factory voice command Bluetooth. This is the first vehicle I have ever owned that requires only 1 button, on the steering wheel, to activate a call. Push button, say name, and talk. To answer, just say answer.
After having this system in my car for a few months, I can honestly say anyone who says that holding a cell phone, dialing, texting, whatever it is you are doing, is not distracted ....is sniffing glue , in denial, or ignorant to the technology. The difference is so extreme, that I can't honestly believe for 15 years, I was driving around holding a phone to my ear, endangering myself and people around me. It is literally no different than having a conversation with someone in the passenger seat. The system is so seamless, I can get in my car during an active call, and it seamlessly passes the call over to the car within 3 seconds.
I am fully behind the law, and think anyone passing judgment on it, should be forced to use a factory hands free device first. Then come to the realization on how distracted they were before.
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