iPhone app enables augmented driving, at your own risk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XBR6jpKZY

Please look at the date and tell me what I should do....

I like the idea of HUD, for displaying vehicle info such as speed rpm gas mileage, but I think if i miss the 4,000 vehicle in front of me, there is no way that I will catch it on a 4" screen, no matter how high the resolution is.

I wouldn't suggest using it as an actual HUD and do all your driving while staring at the screen. I do though see how it can be an extra pair of eyes on the road and alert you to things you may not of noticed then again I can also see people yelling at there phones saying "I know I know I see that car, I know I'm changing lanes, I see the traffic light shut up already"

This app reminds me of a scene in Rudy Rucker's wonderfully entertaining novel "The Hacker and the Ants."

Wheres my boost control gauge and time limit??

If you're going to have demo videos on your site, talk!

might be interesting as an iPad app.

HUD for this sort of vehicle use has been around for a while. This is a YouTube video of a full-screen system GM showed off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR5EAEGM4-U

These systems though are designed to allow the driver to operate the vehicle with fewer glances away from the road.

I agree that by putting the HUD into an iPhone you're really just asking for trouble. The idea of a HUD is that they're Heads Up. There's no way to mount an iPhone in the line of sight, making them Heads Down Displays.

And we all know what happens when you take your eyes OFF the road.

Now blind people can drive?? I kid, sort of.

I can see how this would help anyone, but not on a tiny screen like the iPhone.

But, it could help if you have someone riding shotgun giving you some cues.

I only see this useful if you have a second iPhone (yes, iPhone, not iPod Touch, because you need the camera), and thus, this would help with those people who INSIST on texting, as opposed to being safe.

Only thing I can see it useful for...