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NHTSA Chief: A Car Is Not A Mobile Device

Automakers have turned cars and trucks into rolling Internet hubs, but the National Traffic Safety Administration's new chief, David Strickland, said that "a car is not a mobile device." Wheels notwithstanding.

Speaking at the Telematics Detroit 2011 conference this week, he said he is not "in the business of helping people tweet better. I'm not in the business of helping people post on Facebook better."

That may not be what attendees at the conference about new apps and systems wanted to hear.

Read the whole story at The Detroit Bureau »

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