As the years go by and technology increases what we can do inside a vehicle on a journey, we are only giving ourselves more choice of how to entertain ourselves. By having choice of what blares through a car's speakers, the radio can no longer be the sole option. We're not at the stage of driverless cars yet, but with bluetooth devices we can connect our phones to our cars and playout our own playlists, audiobooks or podcasts. Without driverless cars, the driving experience requires our full attention and so we only have the option of audio entertainment. However, if and when driverless cars come into everyday life, we no longer have to give the road our full attention. Our hands, and eyes, can go elsewhere. Therefore surely people may stray from the radio even more inside a car, instead opting for flicking on a favourite TV program or film on a tablet. It could go further than this. Without the need to concentrate on the road, technology inside cars is likely to develop further - I predict interactive screens like our TVs at home, where we can play games, stream films, or flick through the internet on a large screen. If technology does advance in this way, more choice and less need to concentrate is surely going to decline radio listening figures inside cars.

Added: May 2, 2017, 5:36 p.m. Last change: May 2, 2017, 5:37 p.m.
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