"Tweet" while you drive

Um, not sure if this is a good idea. It looks as though OnStar users will soon be able to “Tweet” while they drive using their voice.

The folks over at Gear Live received a survey which contained something interesting…

“While in your vehicle, you can use OnStar to submit and retrieve tweets (messages) via your Twitter account. Using OnStar’s Voice-Activated Hands-Free Calling system, and having your voice converted into text, you can provide updates which would appear in the “What are you doing?” section of your Twitter homepage. It is also possible to listen to a tweet that was sent to you by someone else after it has been converted into voice. You can send and receive tweets without having to type or read anything.”

Sure it has some practical applications, but just how safe would this be? We already have enough things distracting us on the road. Do we really need to “Tweet” while we drive?

What do you think?

[Via Gear Live]