I'm more likely to crash fiddling with the remote or the menu system to get the visuals on again

That is so obvious, I can't even imagine that our smart Empeg friends would be using that as a rationale.

I have shown off the unit to visiting neighbors twice since installing beta 10-a. In both cases, I am heading 20mph down our street by the time the bootup sequence has completed, and I want visuals on the screen to show my guest. So I am fiddling around with the four buttons on the console trying to navigate the new menu to turn off information (hint: it takes more than one or two button presses).

Mike hasn't gotten around to explaining what the safety reasons are, but if he was actually referring to driver attention that would be very misguided (and easily reversible in beta 10b).

Corby
SN#320, 6-Gig Blue