Technology In Car Rides

“Mark me, green one.” car rides used to be the most boring thing that you could do. Sitting in the back of a moving vehicle watching grass and telephone poles fly past you wasn’t entertaining at the slightest. Technology has made things better and made time seem to fly by, that is if you don’t get car sick easily. Riding in a car now days seems to be like walking into a living room and chilling. They have put t.v.’s in cars that now allow childern to watch movies and play their video games on the go. While there are some positive outcomes of this there are also negative ones. While electronics increase the navigation system in cars seem to be getting better but, the entertainment parts seems to be pulling kids away from the beauty of nature. In the past couple of years we have seen a huge increase in the technology area which means not only are we distracted more but, we are somehow unconnected. Parents think that it is a good thing to have their kids in the back of a car sitting still not talking and just doing their own thing. While many people argue that having all these electronics in the vehicle cause many problems. The kids don’t pay as …show more content…
People think that because of the electronics that we are inventing kids lose a feel for the outside world. While this is right about home entertainment, this is also true about vehicle entertainment. Richard Louv states “...many Americans say they want their children to watch less TV, yet continue to expand the opportunities for them to watch it.” this is a very valid point. When I was growing up the most entertaining thing that I did on a car ride was play the car game. The car game is a game where you pick a color of car and count how many you see the one with the highest number wins. Of course now days that sounds pretty boring but, it keep us in touch with the world outside of the