Now this is simply wrong...

[Archae]

Just how stupid can these people be?

http://www.arkon.com/laptop.html

:mad: :argh:

[Booberdawg]

1. Yikes!

[proud patriot]

2. LOL

will wonders never cease :eyes:

[TrogL]

3. I don't see the problem

IMPORTANT NOTE & SAFETY WARNING: THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY FOR USE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH MOUNT ATTACHED TO STEERING WHEEL. DEATH or INJURY TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS WOULD OCCUR. ARKON RESOURCES, INC. ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OF LIABILITY IF THIS SOLUTION IS USED IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY THAN DESCRIBED HEREIN.

[JaySherman]

4. Lawsuit waiting to happen.

Guaranteed some dope will try to use it while driving, get into a wreck and sue. Who was it that said, "No one ever went broke betting on the stupidity of the American public?"

[Pithlet]

5. And

that would be the lawsuit used as an example for tort reform :crazy:

I don't think something like this should even be marketed. Why on earth would you want to attach your laptop to your steering wheel unless you wanted to use it while driving. I've seen enough people doing strange things while driving to know that is exactly what will happen. I think those stupid navigation On-star map things are also accidents waiting to happen, if they haven't already.

[rasputin1952]

16. At least they know where you are when you crash!...

Just about the only thing I can see OnStar good for.

O8)

[gator_in_Ontario]

7. Amen

I am reminded of the RV owner who set the cruise control, went to have a cup of coffee and sued when he went into a ditch. HE WON!

[SheilaT]

13. Urban legend.

Never happened.

[ironflange]

17. check this

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. Both Twain and Barnham said things like that

[Kathleen04]

6. Woo-hoo, now I can DU on the HWY!..

Just kidding! ;)

That thing is so absurd.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. The first time you have to make a sharp turn with that thing...

...and you tangle your arms on it, you're dead meat (despite the disclaimers, you know some yahoo will try to use it while driving). I use my laptop when I drive (for GPS, as well as client's paperwork), but I installed a special mount that keeps it away from my arms.

I agree, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen...

[izzie]

9. And people wonder why I hate to get out on the road.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: I am going to take my broom just every place and the fuel is really cheap. Messy hair dos to fix only.

[blondeatlast]

10. Stupid enough not to know Dave Barry is a satirist . . .

Note the link to his Holiday Gift Guide.

From the guide:
This means that, finally, the busy executive can make productive use of driving time formerly wasted by using the steering wheel to actually steer. This will definitely put him or her on the ''fast track'' to success! Or the hospital. But the important thing is, it will be fast.

[FloridaJudy]

11. The operative words are:

Featured in Dave Barry's gift guide!

AKA "Folks who would actually buy this have more money than sense!"

[Wcross]

12. Oh Crap!

People have a hard enough time driving and talking on the cell-phone!

[nostamj]

15. and you can buy an adapter...

that allows you to mount a George Foreman Grill too!



New! Executive Laptop Steering Wheel Mount

[jmowreader]

18. I know people who have those

They're called contractors.

Two car dealers in this area--a Ford dealer and a Dodge dealer--sell "contractor trucks"--extended-cab one-ton diesel pickups with eight-foot beds. These things are like mobile offices--they have a place to store a laptop, a power inverter, a 12v coffeemaker, a lockable cabinet behind the seat for your power tools. And you get the laptop with them. The Ford dealer even scored some little one-drawer filing cabinets and bolted them to the floor behind the seat. These trucks show up at Home Depot all the time to pick up supplies.

There's only one problem: when you use the laptop, you have three choices: try to sit it in your lap while you're behind the wheel (you go try it and see if it works; I assure you it does not), put the thing between the seats and try to type (all contractors have bad backs, and this would not help matters any) or sit in the passenger seat, which would work except that contractors have been known to carry clients, employees or building inspectors.

So they buy these little gizmos, drive to the jobsite, hang the laptop hanger on the steering wheel and go to work.

Why this is in a catalog for executives I don't know, but contractors like them.

[frogfromthenorth2]

20. Looks like people here never worked in their life

I know people who work on the road and that thing is very usefull when you use a laptop. Think outside of the box people!

[NoPasaran]

19. Now that I know it exists

How can I live without it?

Guess I need to get one of those handsfree thingies for the cell phone!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

21. Where do I put my coffee cup?

[jmowreader]

22. Learn to type with one hand, silly

..

[Deja Q]

23. Only in America, I hope... America, "Land o' Lawsuits"

When did common sense die out in favor of blind petty profit anyway? Oh yeah, 1980...

Stupid, mindless, insane...

But, just as a person sued McDonalds (and won :eyes: ) for spilling hot coffee on her lap while driving, expect users of this idioctic device to sue when they cause accidents AND WIN.

[JVS]

24. One would think that this device would interfere with driving

On edit: and what is going to happen when the airbag goes off?