LMAO at all these guys getting on their soapbox about driving and watching TV. Ever speed or talked on your phone driving? Studies have shown that talking and/or texting while driving is as bad, if not worse than driving drunk.

I've watched TV plenty of times over the years in M5 and F350. Mind you, it was on long boring roadtrips in the middle of nowhere, not in traffic situations. The screen height is high enough that I can still EASILY see the road. I've done the same the OP did though where friends watched it, played PlayStation games, etc...no worse of a distraction than them talking to me. It's called self control.

Worry more about the idiots typing text messages while looking at their phone, which is 99% of the time parallel to their lap, as opposed to the screen watchers who are at least still looking up on the highest point of the dash. Other than time duration, how is this any worse than those w/ iDrive fumbling through the screens in order to turn the heater down.

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