Desired Items for Onroad Travel

Access to maps (preferably with GPS)
Access to motel information given particular city
Access to traffic info and construction info
Updated information about fastest route (given traffic info, weather, etc.)
Weather information
Knowledge of restaurants (including local jazzies) given a city
Listings of radio stations
programmable scanner- where you could input types of stations that you are willing to listen to
currently, when driving, you are in a bubble (say a car) with other people. there are plenty of people on either side of you, or plenty of bubbles.

current ways: talk stuff (cb radios)

are visual bad? distraction from driving? what about passengers?

currently, most people who drive, drive by themselves, sole bubbles.

also, trust is a problem. in virtual space, trust is far less important. you do n’t have to worry about who you talk to and who you don’t… in real space, saf ety is a concern. can a community exist in this type of space or is it too dangerous? to a certain degree, you see a community amongst truckers… why not oth er travelers? how do you connect the community of drivers to on another? how do you connect the flowing community with the static one of the area?

how can you talk to locals? maybe find locals who would put you up??

augemented reality… – select a car and ‘page’ them to communicate with a car on the system. other cars can accept/decline your discussion request..

as you pass through a space, get information about the neighbors and the locations and whatnot.. find locals who will talk with you at any given point… be able to virtually ask for directions.