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This is an example of how there are just some controls that must be tactile in a moving vehicle. You have to be able to use them w/o staring at a screen. And ac
by kevin_b_er 6y ago
This is an example of how there are just some controls that must be tactile in a moving vehicle. You have to be able to use them w/o staring at a screen. And activating the wipers in the event of sudden rain seems like something that should've had controls.
Even then, I find on my car I must adjust the windshield wipers to conditions when driving through rain. If the rain gets heavier, then I turn them to a higher setting. This isn't possible with a Tesla? There's a physical control on it, but it seems to only do the fluid spray or a single swipe?
I get the big dash touchscreen yields software benefits through OTA, but a certain level of tactile is needed as long as there's a human driving.
Otherwise you get an incident like this where you can't safely engage the wipers.
- boring_twenties 6y agoAnother thing that surprised me is that in a Tesla, of all things, one has to intervene in any way to turn on the wipers? Why wouldn't they just turn on automatically when it's raining? My entry-level BMW from 2008 does this, as well as automatically adjust the speed depending on how hard it's raining. The OEM rain sensor part costs $230, and this is not a brand known for undercharging for parts.