Texting and Driving

[Jackalope]

But what does also concern me is how more and more vehicles have computer dashboard screens and I don't see how that cant be just as much a distraction. I think we are also going to see a rise in accidents because of those too.

I don't know what's going to happen in that regard, but I have two vehicles with in-dash navigation and/or audio systems.

The older one (installed ca 2009), while it does lock out certain functionality (such as viewing video) while not parked, the user interface doesn't put many other limits on what you can can do while moving. Pretty unsafe, if you don't exercise some restraint. However, that unit is entertainment only, none of the car's functions or navigation worth through it.

The newer one (2016 model year car), has two modes of operation, I use the Android Auto integration, which provides navigation via Google Maps, and audio streaming from any of a number of streaming providers (I use Google Play, my gf uses Spotify and Stitcher). There's almost no interaction with the screen at all, almost everything can be done with voice or wheel-mounted controls. During navigation, your map track is displayed and updated, and during audio playback, some information on the track is shown. Neither of those things is going to be particularly distracting, IMO, at least I haven't found them to be. For what it's worth, I find it to be far less distracting than a dash-mounted phone used for the same tasks, even with the same features (hands-free, voice activation, voice response, navigation, streaming). The factory implementation is less ad hoc and much less intrusive, at least how I use it.

ETA The latter system also adds a number of UI safety features - for example, it will let you scroll your current playlist, but when you're moving, the amount of scrolling you can do is so limited that the feature is largely useless while moving.