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I agree in general, however the rise of touch screens has also coincided with a dramatic increase in other safety features, like lane keeping assist, auto braki
by orev 6y ago
I agree in general, however the rise of touch screens has also coincided with a dramatic increase in other safety features, like lane keeping assist, auto braking capability, and even android auto/iOS carplay (which at least allow attention to be focused on the dash instead of down on the phone). I would not be surprised if these are somewhat mitigating the distraction issues by actually allowing distraction to have less risk.
I’m not saying it’s perfect or even desirable, but it is at least there.
Also, I think a contributing factor to touch screen problems are the absolutely terrible GUIs the auto manufacturers come up with, and their insistence on using the cheapest (slowest) CPU they can find just to save $2 on the build. If these screens were much faster to respond, you wouldn’t have to be distracted for multiple seconds just waiting for the command to have an effect.
- clairity 6y agothose “safety” features can be dangerous in a few ways, like generally deskilling drivers over time, thereby increasing accident rates and severity of accidents. i’ve personally had auto-braking (on a rental car) almost cause an accident, which i had to counteract to avoid.
- Daho0n 6y agoResearch shows that even using voice control of Apple carplay is way worse than driving at the legal blood alcohol level and also worse than cannabis. So while I agree that it is bad with the often slow CPUs and bad UI (like Tesla's) it isn't much help if the fix still include anything but old knobs and dials. Edit: Example of research.. https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-campaigns/infotainment https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-cam...