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Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid (arkadiyt.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 26 points 3 months ago (31 children)

Why does a car need a microphone?

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  • [–] 44 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    For hands free phone calls

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    but my phone has a microphone

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (9 children)

    Yes, and many regions currently ban any phone usage while driving, including taking phone calls. A hands-free system makes this task much easier.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (8 children)

    but my phone microphone can be used during a call with car audio

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Why don't you stick your phone in your pocket or a cupholder and then make that phone call.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

    it's mounted on the dash

    you're really not getting the whole "car speakers, phone microphone" setup, are you

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Not legal in several areas.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    in which places is a dash-mounted phone illegal?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    New York and California, to name a few.

    But that's beside the point. YOU are allowed to use YOUR phone microphone if YOU want. And in that same vein, OTHERS are allowed to use THEIR built-in hands-free systems. You don't have to like it. But acting like a gatekeeper and soapboxing over it is just weird.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    For voice calls with your phone, some cars have voice activated features, etc.

    It's all crap I don't need.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    My sentiments there. I was wracking my brain trying to find a use case where I would actually need my car to hear me, and I now miss my '86 SAAB 900 SPG

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    Bluetooth phone calls?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    I suppose, though a BT headset seems less intrusive

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    It is against traffic laws to be wearing anything on your ears in many places. I got pulled over in Colorado in around 2010 for having one ear of a wired headset on. Didn’t get a ticket, but still sucked.

    It’s something about being able to hear sirens and stuff around you. It’s dumb because people will blast music as loud as they want but having one ear covered gets you in trouble.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Deaf people can drive though

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Deaf people spend their entire live deaf and they adapt. They don't suddenly become deaf when they start driving.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Agreed. That sounds like needless legislation. Especially considering that there have been studies that show that "loud pipes DON'T save lives." The interior of modern cars are so soundproofed that most people won't hear those really loud motorcycles until they are right next to them. Same for many sirens I would wager.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    More to do with the Doppler effect than anything dealing with sound deadening. You also don't point the pipes the direction your going .

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago*

    So my mom can call me because she's lost, but doesn't want to stop to check her Google maps because she's in a "dangerous part of town" (downtown Seattle).

    (My mum's not a bigot btw, she just lived in a village of 1000 people until she was 29 and anywhere with more than 20 people at once makes her anxious. Costco trips also have her on alert like she's part of Seal Team Six)

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