A Tweeting Car - Just what we need

I missed the 110 turnoff driving  Robert Stacy McCain to watch his beloved Crimson Tide ROLL over the hapless Horns yesterday....and he almost blew a gasket. I was on the phone! I mean, legally...with the bluetooth headphone and all...but distracted nevertheless. And this from the MASTER of eating a four-course meal and talking on the phone ALL while changing clothes in the passing lane. (Someday, boys and girls, we'll talk about the Mile High Hutchinson River Parkway Club...IYKWIMAITYD)

Now comes news from Ford that they have developed a new vehicle which will read drivers' incoming tweets aloud to them (no, you can't compose yet, thank God...but it's coming.) Which begs the question, "Is this where civilization is heading?" Do we need to be plugged in deeper and more direct, with more and more connections to more and more people? Some Old Schoolers I have met recently (read: over 50) are drawing the line at Twitter. But since I met the Twitter Queens of SoCal (Brittany Cohan and Jenny Erikson) I am reevaluating any slide toward Ludditeville. Oh jeez, I just missed the exit...