It’s obvious that cars has been important things to our daily life. Moreover, cars could are privy to many of our most intimate moments. If you can remember, they witness us swearing at the traffic, stealing away to the beach, or even kissing on the first date. Just like a faithful pet, they never judge us.
You know, that’s all before techy stuffs came into our life. GPS, DVDs, and satellite radio are the collectors of the places we go, of secrets we keep, and also the habits we have, whether it’s good or bad.
Stanford University’s Clifford Nass studies human behavior in cars e\which specifically interaction with cars’ voice-operated systems. In a 2007 study called “Cartharsis” he found that soothing car voices calm anxious drivers. If car sensors detect erratic driving, a voice might say, “Don’t worry. There’ll be a chance to pass that truck.”
Nass notes that preferred car voices are less Knight Rider and more a golf buddy or a chauffeur or a favorite celeb.
His other observations: depressed drivers drive better when their car speaks to them as if it were down, too … noting that folks with the blues don’t react well to a perky voices. Older drivers like younger voices. And if the car lectures too much (nagging: “You need to be more careful!”) recklessness actually increased. Really not a surprise, because we all love a backseat driver, right?
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