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Vermonster
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6/25/2003
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Came across this in an article recent article in Wired News about the dangers of in-dash monitors and DVD players...
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Still, laws aren't stopping some from finding a way around the safety devices.
"Need a little help," reads one post on a Dodge Dakota message board. "I want to put DVD player in dash, however I heard that it will not work while vehicle is moving. Is there any way to get around this?"
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There's even a link to this very site. It's on the top of page 2 of this article...
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,59272,00.html
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Mr Hanky
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6/25/2003
15:38:54
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I just can't wait till my drivers seat is replaced with a toilet and the glove box with a microwave so I can drive, watch a movie pop pop corn and take a shlt all while talking to my homies on my cell.
Some fokker hits me because he's wathing a flic while driving and I'll cut his throat from ear to ear and hand him his larynx.
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Ray Kolbe
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6/25/2003
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...and if someone hits me talking on their cell....ill beat the crapola outta them.
Driving is driving (or cruzin)...talking on cells, watching tv, and all that, save it for home use. Thats MO.
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gladDak
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6/25/2003
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I am glad there are rules for fools.
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Nick
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6/25/2003
22:32:08
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I still don't understand why anyone would put a DVD screen in their car unless its in the back seat for friends and family. You got to be a true idiot for watching T3 while commuting through heavy traffic. It's pretty much the same thing as driving while blindfolded.
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pete
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6/26/2003
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i drove from North Carolina to California and would have died if it wasnt for the dvd player...
pete
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01Motorsport
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6/26/2003
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A few months ago, our local news reported the fatal rollover crash of a guy in an Explorer missing an Interstate curve while cellphonin'. Imagine THAT conversation: "Blah-blah-whut?-YEEOWW!-CRUNCH/BAM/POP....silence.
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Joe E.
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6/26/2003
00:21:23
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I agree. Its all about being responsible. People, as many of us, talk on cell phones while driving. Or really get into the radio drummen on the dash and stuff. This is just the newest thing to come along in the string of automobile dangers. What about our children. Ive seen time and time again a parent looking back at their child in the rear seat. All of it is a danger on the road. Im not trying to disagree with you. But we must look at it in right context. Later
Joe E.
leaving florida for Michigan tomarrow. 2 days straight driving. Wish I had a dvd player in my vehical!
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Andrew
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6/26/2003
02:26:20
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Why you coming to Michigan, and where you going? I live there.
Andrew
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mii
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6/26/2003
05:46:23
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andrew, are u close to bloomfield hills? i live there. also watchin movies while driving for the driver is dangerous, but i know a few people who got them just for the radio/cd/mp3 interface and the touchscreen and thier screens that are illegally by passed usually just show the graphic eqaulizers and such.
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Dragon
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6/26/2003
07:42:18
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Ok, I asked a co-worker this and he didn't have a good answer.
Question: What is the difference between talking on a hands-free cell phone and a trucker talkin on his CB?
Answer: The trucker learned how to drive.
Seriously. People could very easily talk on a cell phone, listen to the radio, whatever, if they learned how to be observant and responsible for their actions. instead, they f*** up and blame the cell phone for their lack of attention.
FD&H
Fat, dumb, and happy. About 90% of the people driving today.
I learned how to drive from a person who was a school-bus driver. For the first two years of driving I thought everyone had to stop at railroad tracks. And I've taken it very seriously when I have passengers in the vehicle since I am responsible for their lives.
How many others can claim the same mentality?
Now, I'm just fed up with being the only person on the road that still adheres to the laws. So, if you cut me off, you better be moving faster than me. I'm no longer going to back off for you a$$holes. The law would be on my side, and I would take great satisfaction plowing into your a$$es and watching you bleed out on the road.
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Dragon
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6/26/2003
07:43:34
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ok, sorry for the rant. Bad morning.
BTW - Anyone have an idea why the blower motor on my Dak would just suddenly stop? It isn't the fuse, I already checked, and the A/C still seems to be working, just no airflow (other than that pushed through the system at 60 MPH)
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bdholsin
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6/26/2003
09:27:45
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Try checking the blower resistor block located inside the cowl under the windshield. It is accessable from under the hood. I haven't had a problem with mine but I know others who have. It is about a $7.00 part.
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Dragon
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6/26/2003
10:08:04
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I'll try that. Thanks!
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Vermonster
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6/26/2003
11:45:37
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I found the actual post that was quoted in that article. It was from last summer by a guy named gbas. He's probably smashed his truck up by now and had his insurance company buy him something new. I bumped the post, it's in the Custom Audio forum titled "mobile DVD".
Or you can go here... http://www.dodgedakota.net/boards/aud/714.html
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IntenseDakota
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6/26/2003
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I say the DVD is a good and bad Idead. If it were not for my indash, my wife would drive me up a wall every time we took a vacation. We drive straight thru to georgia every year from Illinois and it takes about 15 hours. Also when I take lunch at work it is really nice just to sit back and watch TV for an hour while eating my PB&J.
But you get these people that try to watch TV AND DRIVE at the same time and they are just trying to kill someone. I do admit when 9-11 happened I was in slow traffic and the TV was the only thing keeping really up to date through-out the morning.
Also, there is a way to make it so that you watch while moving. Mose In-dash tv's have a cable that you connect to the parking brake. all you have to do is cut the wire and not hook it up.
www.intense-dakota.com
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xplikt
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6/26/2003
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We're not being watched, this site just does a DAMN good job of getting indexed by the engines.
-Mike
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Old Yeller
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6/26/2003
18:51:33
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Dragon, When you stopped at all of the railroad crossings, did you also open your right side door ?
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Dragon
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6/27/2003
07:39:12
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Nope, only when I was letting passengers off.
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DakUSA
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6/27/2003
08:26:07
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What about all the new cars that come with the nice big indash Navagation and GPS Maps try I thought reading a paper map was bad driving down the road now they are stareing at their dash looking for a street name the size aof a piece of rice
Chris Lambert
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Bed Rug, Bed Rails, CF Euro Tails, Clear Fronts, Leer 100XQ, Custon Leather seats, NR Auto gauges, Kenwood CD, 350 amp, JL 10" sub in console, DVD player
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ttt
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6/27/2003
09:41:49
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DAK USA, u couldnt even start to afford a car like that with a indash navg. system. when is your site going to be up and running and have an online catalog and ordering form???
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ME 111
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6/27/2003
13:23:42
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Quote for the Day...
"Keep your shifter in your pocket while in gear"
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And one Heavy Foot
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fart
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6/27/2003
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hey ttt dakota usa works just fine. Are you some sort of a retard?
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Joe E.
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6/28/2003
16:47:24
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Hi guys. Finally got to Michigan. I have family in Greenville just northeast of Grand Rapids. Where are you guys at?
Joe E.
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ttt
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6/30/2003
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i go to his site, try to look for products and or order them and nothing, just dead end links. by the way, i know that dakusa used the name FART just b/c he cant stand up for himself
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BadassMP
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6/30/2003
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Well, I don't have one in the dash, but for long road trips, I just plug the laptop in to the cigarette lighter and the kids just magically shut up....and it fits perfectly between the front seat out of the way. Its just like listening to the radio for the wife and I too. And we all make it safely to grandma's house:)
Mike
"Looks like you boys are surrounded. Sir, we are paratroopers, were supposed to be surrounded."
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