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Originally Posted by troyftw
For the record, Ford Sync is a hands free device that is built into all of Ford's new vehicles. Everyone who is saying put the phone down is missing the point of this thread. The OP want's to know if a feature of the hand's free technology is supported.
For the time being, the text feature is only supported on roughly 20 phones, and the TP2 is not one of them.
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The more the phone can do, the more drivers will try to do with it. In just the past 5 years I have seen a tremendous increase in the danger of riding my motorcycle because of distracted drivers. Between the usual things like women applying makeup, drivers eating while driving, unruly kids and generally bad drivers, there is now the distractions of cell phones, texting, NAV systems, and laptop computers. I have gone from 1-2 near misses a week to 1-2 near misses every time I ride, which is every day. Hands-free is a misnomer because most people still handle the phone in the car. Whether for texting, connecting their headset cord, turning on their BT device or dialing a number, they are still touching the phone and driving distracted. Maybe driving in L.A. exposes me to some of the worst offenders on some of the busiest freeways in America, but the danger is universal.