In the 1930s there was legislation introduced to prevent Motorola from putting radios in dashboards, because it was thought that people couldn’t possibly cope with driving and listening to the radio.
— <a href="http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/08/21/now_you_see_it_interview">Our kids’ glorious new age of distraction - Neuroscience - Salon.com</a>