The Society of Automotive Engineers 2001 Congress sponsored a panel on Automotive Telematics and User Interface. The panelists were noted traffic safety expert Dr. Mark Edwards; Dr. Barry Kantrowitz, the director of the University of Michigan Traffic Research Institute; and Dr. Louis Tijerina, of Ford Research. Although I am indebted to this panel for their excellent presentations, any errors are mine. It should be noted that SAE rules prohibit quoting panel members.