Internet comes to your car
WANT to browse the internet, update your Facebook profile, answer emails, do some eBay shopping and add to your MySpace blog from your car?
Technology to bring the information superhighway to our real highways is on the way, though not all car makers see eye to eye and the risk of driver distraction is already raising safety concerns. Car makers in the US and Europe are racing to be first to release models with unrestricted internet access this year, but Australian motorists will be waiting some time.
In the US, Chrysler has announced that wireless internet will appear as an option in its new cars from September; meant to be used only by passengers, if the car is moving. Chrysler Australia spokesman Jerry Stamoulis said: "We're very interested in looking at it. With all types of new technology, we always push for them to come here."
