In what may be the most obvious government declaration/warning in human history, the U.S. Secretary for Transportation has issued a warning to remind drivers that they must be “fully engaged” after more footage emerges of an Apple Vision Pro being used behind the wheel.
The declaration comes only days after a Tesla driver apparently decided to use an Apple Vision Pro while driving. It’s thought that the Tesla was using its driver assistance mode, although the Secretary of Transportation has released video of an even more dangerous example.
The video shared on Twitter by Secretary Pete Buttigieg shows a driver performing quite intricate hand movements to control the Apple Vision Pro he’s wearing. What’s most significant, however, is that he is doing this while driving a Tesla Cybertruck.
The newly-released Cybertruck has no self-driving features, and the driver seems sufficiently distracted in the process. If the car did have driver assistance, though, his vision would still be impaired — and the car could hand back control at any moment.
Secretary Buttigieg has not commented further and it isn’t known what happened to this particular driver.
Although Apple has yet to specifically comment on this incident, it has stressed that Apple Vision Pro should only be worn in a safe place.
“Never use Apple Vision Pro while operating a moving vehicle, bicycle, heavy machinery,” its support documentation says, “or in any other situations requiring attention to safety.”
In other words, please be careful out there, and never, ever drive a car with your Apple Vision Pro adhered to your face.
Via AppleInsider and @SecretaryPete