2007 Prius Movement Override To Display CD Audio Tracks On Screen While Moving??

2007 Prius w/ Option 3. I found old discussion of earlier Prius on this but nothing new.



Anyway temporary or permanent way found to override (unblock) the motion sensor so I can access the audio tracks on a CD I am listening to while driving. Currently as soon as I start moving the audio track screen blanks out.



Thank you.

 

I've decided to take a different approach to the console screen audio track lock-out when the car is moving. I contacted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by phone who, according to Toyota, governed locking out access to this track information on the screen...and filed a safety claim or whatever it is called stating that all functions on this touch screen were driving distractions and that the entire screen should be blocked or locked out of use while the Prius is moving. The counter to doing this of course will be that if these various functions are not distracting then certainly looking at or selecting an audio track isn't a distraction either and that zeroing in on just this one feature by NHTSA is absurd.

They will be sending me the claim to approve and sign which I fully intend to do with corrections if needed. They can choose to file it or toss it or argue any points they care to with me or not. Since this is a government agency and I am only a single individual you can well imagine correctly that I have absolutely no optimism that this will go anywhere. Believe me I will laugh my head off if they issue a recall campaign to lock-out the entire touch screen while the car is moving.

But, on the other hand, it really is a safety issue. Unattentive drivers crash their cars all the time by all sorts of distractions such as changing radio, air, phone, and gas mpg settings and monitoring attention. "Pulse and Glide monitoring is a huge distraction. This whole subject is a mess and is costing lives every single day. Depending on the situation, traffic, speed, etc. if you take your eye off the road for a second and/or miss seeing or doing something at the wrong time, in the wrong place you can damage property or hurt or kill someone.

So go ahead and laugh all you want about this.