Automakers, let my wife use the nav

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My wife and I have been shopping for a house in the Bay Area for the better part of a month (if you're selling in Oakland, hit me up) and, as you'd imagine, that means entering a lot of addresses into a lot of different navigation systems. Since I've got the directional ability of a brain-damaged opossum, the proliferation of in-car GPS (and mobile map apps) has moved beyond a convenience to an absolute necessity.

But there's a problem..

About half the vehicles block out destination entry while the car's in motion - a serious PITA when you're bouncing from one fixer-upper to the next..

Now we're fully aware that voice control is the future and the public shouldn't be fiddling with touchscreens and all-in-one knobs while driving through a school zone, but what if you've got a perfectly capable passenger sitting in the seat next to you?.

There's a simple solution..

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