@con-hennekens Absolutely, I agree that occasional glances are fine (I think I said as much earlier?). I do it myself and wouldn’t want to be left with just voice, having tried using the ‘Navigon’ app with phone in pocket as my introduction to the world of sat nav many years ago!
I take your point about “bloody dangerous” and “respectful”. I do feel very strongly about both the issue and lack of action and do feel that being abrupt is valid here though. Particularly as, having read the ‘Next’ blog referred to elsewhere today, it seems that MRA are talking 2023 season as a target for introduction. This needs sorting yesterday! For MRA not to have not done so could be seen as rather worse than disrespectful to to its customers.
Your quoting me on viewing the road seems to twist my words just a little… I was addressing information from viewing screen vs road. Naturally, I do agree that eyes on road is by far #1. However, good voice guidance and judicious use of screen are complementary both to it and one another. The length of time spent looking at the screen and the timing of it being crucial: voice guidance helps reduce the former and improve the latter