Where I live (Australia) the law is against using a "hand held" mobile phone while driving. The purpose behind the law is to leave your hands available for cont

Where I live (Australia) the law is against using a "hand held" mobile phone while driving. The purpose behind the law is to leave your hands available for controlling the vehicle. That is why you can use a "hands free" mount for your phone, and still click on the GPS button or the answer call button for example, while driving. While I'm happy to clarify your question at least from an Australian point of view (as to why it is illegal to mess with your phone while driving), I actually agree with your main point - that having a touch screen as the main interface is a strange idea. Having said that, perhaps Tesla tested this a bunch and decided on merit that it works well. Maybe I'm just not used to a touch screen since I miss having a physical knob to turn or button to push. I certainly do miss the tactile edges on certain physical controls - so I can find the right doohickey to press by feeling or counting the edges with my fingers.