In the most modern cars, people can sync their smart phone to their in-car media system, open up a song library, facilitate phone use, and search for a favorite restaurant on a GPS. There there’s satellite radio stations to browse, touch screens to toy with, and all sorts of distracting features that can make a car seem more like a spaceship than a vehicle. Yet all of the fun auto technology may also come with a price. When people can compose an e-mail and order a pizza just using their in-dash media center, does that mean that cars themselves have become a driver’s biggest distraction? Some researchers believe that the distractions of driving have shifted from outside the car to inside. Now, instead of looking at the road, fascinated drivers are looking a few inches down at their media center screens.

Pete Bigelow, the associate editor at AOL Autos, says that much of this high-tech gear is targeted at young drivers. Older men and women often don’t have as much interest in the high tech buttons and sync features but college students, high school students, and young adults are fascinated by the tech that can be installed in a car. A new study says that more than 3 out of 4 adults are worried that the new technology is a dangerous distraction for their kids. Mike Chadsey, the vice president of Harris Interactive, says that the fear of technology distraction seems to outweigh the benefits of having the in-car connectivity options. Kids who get in these cars are more fascinated by the many different things that they can do with the entertainment system, and are more likely to stop watching the road and watch their center console instead. In a Harris’ Interactive poll, 66 percent of adults said that in-car technology is distracting and dangerous. 55 percent say that automakers have taken technology too far.

Admittedly, in-car technology is now a major consideration when a person is trying to purchase a vehicle. Young people want to make sure that their smart phones will sync up and that they will be able to stream radio, music, or internet into their car. Car manufacturers have noticed this trend, and think that they need to keep producing high tech cars in order to motivate young buyers. Yet the truth is that too much car technology may create more and more accidents out on the road. Some cars will not permit the driver to operate certain features on the center entertainment system if the car is in motion, in order to avoid an accident. Normally, GPS’ are off limits, and the driver has to pull over in order to plug in a new address. Yet teens are more prone be distracted by the music features on the cars, which are rarely ever locked.

During a recent poll, 39 percent of all Baby Boomers said that in-car sync features were important, while 58 percent of all 18-to-35 year olds said that it was important to them. If you are easily distracted by the technology in your vehicle, you may want to shut off your center console when driving, especially on busy streets. You would never want your attention to shift off of the road and cause a horrible accident. Talk to a car accident attorney if you were involved in an auto accident and want damages for your vehicle, your medical bills, you’re your general pain and suffering . If the other driver was distracted and is at fault for the accident, you have the right to compensation.