Really...?

[Taffycat]

As if drivers needed another distraction... we now have the Steering Wheel Drum Set!

Bored with driving? Now there's "Reinventing the Wheel (RITW)," a steering wheel cover that lets you entertain yourself by playing a drum set along with whatever you're listening to on your car stereo. And no, this is not a late April Fools' Day joke.
Made by the Smack Attack Corporation, the $149.99 device fits around an ordinary steering wheel, turning it into an electronic drum set that can play eight different drum sounds and a lot more.

Full story here: http://mashable.com/2013/04/18/steering-wheel-drum-set/

 

[muckshifter]

It's American, hopefully won't see the light of day here.

some things really are just, stupid.

 

[TriplexDread]

Yeah can't see the police or driving authorities here allowing it

 

[nivrip]

Think I can just about manage without one of these.

 

[EvanDavis]

Bad enough some cars have already got loads of buttons on the steering wheel....

 

[crazylegs]

Soon people will be able to pay bills, cook meals, watch tv, play snooker and generally live there life behind the wheel of there cars..Ridiculous..

 

[Becky]

Surely when people are driving the thing that they should be concentrating on is.... driving?! This just looks like a massive distraction. I can almost understand it for the US markets, as (from my limited experience) the roads tend to be big and quiet and everyone drives automatics.

Whatever next?!

 

[Taffycat]

Surely when people are driving the thing that they should be concentrating on is.... driving?! This just looks like a massive distraction. I can almost understand it for the US markets, as (from my limited experience) the roads tend to be big and quiet and everyone drives automatics.

Whatever next?!

Yes I agree, some of the roads in the US's wide-open spaces (...as seen on tv, we've never visited) would probably lend themselves to some boredom-breaking, but please, not over here!

It's bad enough to be waiting in a traffic queue at a nearby busy roundabout, to see how many drivers negotiate it with their right hand clasping a phone to their left ear... as they animatedly chat, and "steer" (badly) with their remaining hand. Quite scary.

 

[Quadophile]

The word "safety" should be removed from the American dictionary!