Rubber skids on asphalt at 300 km/h. Engines scream like angry hornets. It’s a brutal ballet where one wrong move sends you flying into the barriers. That’s Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsport, and really, the art of driving itself. The drivers who choose this life live by one rule; drive to survive.
Now, let’s talk about the rest of us. Driving is one of the most dangerous things we do willingly. Every day, we hurl metal boxes down the road at 150 km/h, surrounded by other sleep-deprived humans doing the same thing. It’s chaos by design.
But no, that wasn’t reckless enough. Technology decided to crank it up a notch. Now, people are texting their exes, sharing stupid memes on Twitter (X, whatever), or arguing with Google Maps all while piloting a death machine.
And just when you thought we’d hit peak idiocy, Mercedes-Benz swoops in not to save us, but to upgrade the madness. They’ve teamed up with Microsoft to bake Microsoft Teams straight into the MBUX infotainment system so you can join pointless Teams meetings while speeding down the road in their new CLA. Yes, you heard that right.
Forget the disclaimers and safety mumbo jumbo. Let’s just ask ourselves. Why are we even attending meetings during our commute? We already check emails in bed. We take calls while brushing our teeth. The line between work and home has dissolved into a sad mess. Now, they’re coming for the last sacred sanctuary, the car ride.
Roads are chaotic. Decisions are split-second. And yet, in the middle of that chaos, we’re being told it’s fine to discuss Q3 projections at 150 km/h. Really?
Let’s not pretend that attending a Teams meeting while driving is “in-car productivity.” A society that pushes people to work behind the wheel isn’t progressing; it’s regressing into corporate serfdom. Nodding along to a sales report at high speeds isn’t efficiency. It’s insanity.
In F1, drivers are laser-focused. Every millisecond matters. Every distraction is life or death. And guess what? So is driving your Suzuki Alto on the highway.
Taking a Teams call while driving isn’t multitasking. It’s gambling with lives. No agenda is worth a car crash. No meeting is worth a funeral.
So, unless you’re defusing a nuclear bomb or performing open-heart surgery over Teams, let the meeting wait.
