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A system, costing no more than £5,000, is being promoted as allowing travelling businessmen to send and receive emails without stopping, through voice-recognition software.

The computer also lets the driver make hands-free calls and comes with satellite navigation.

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Backseat surfers: Company boss David Hitching shows the computer screens in headrests

Once the car is parked it can be used as normal, with a foldout dashboard screen and a keyboard stored in the glove compartment. It also doubles as a DVD player, music system and TV.

The technology, which is likely to arouse concerns among road safety groups about driver distractions, has been launched by a newly-formed Bristol company called In-CarPC.

The man behind it, 23-yearold David Hitching, said: "This will help anyone who has to drive as part of their job. Everything they need will be within arm's reach."

The computer accesses the Internet through a data card plugged into the computer which emits a signal like a mobile phone.

Easy access: The dashboard screen

On the road it checks for new emails every ten minutes, and automatically reads them out. The system can also be used by passengers and extra screens may be installed in seat headrests.

Mr Hitching said the most basic system costs £1,749, including installation and can go into any standard car.

The £5,000 version includes fingerprint recognition to log on to the computer, which runs from a hard drive in the boot.

Safety groups have already raised concerns, however, about the effect on a driver's concentration of technology in cars. They say even hands-free operations can be a risk.

Earlier this year a teenager appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court accused of causing a fatal crash minutes after playing a car racing computer game on a dashboard screen.

Christopher Hayden, 19, had parked to play the game, but then became involved in a race with another car. He was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving, but fined £1,000 for careless driving.