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I'd object, to a law outlawing the use of those. Many of them are used to control car functions like climate control etc, and it's never been a particular probl
by Nursie 5y ago
I'd object, to a law outlawing the use of those. Many of them are used to control car functions like climate control etc, and it's never been a particular problem before to allow people to (for instance) change radio station or skip a track on the CD.
With the rise of carplay and android auto, they present simplified, low-distraction interfaces.
- jonathanlydall 5y agoMy 2019 Honda Jazz doesn't use a touch screen for climate control, but it has a "touch based" interface for it and I way preferred the physical knobs on my previous car. Newer Hondas have switched back to physical knobs so I guess the general sentiment was that touch is not great for climate control. As for changing radio station or tracks. Both my cars I've owned for the last 10 years has steering wheel controls which can do this. I never really need to touch my actual radio. The only time I would ever want to touch my car's or phone's screen is before I start a trip to turn on navigation software or start up Spotify.
- squiggleblaz 5y agoI think the problem here is that a car with physical buttons is safer to use than one that does not have physical buttons. This is because you have to actually look at the screen to know where tap and to determine whether you have effectively pressed. In the olden days, you could simply turn a knob to change the climate control or in an earlier time, there were radio buttons to change to another radio station (hence the name). Now, it seems there's various things I can't do in a modern car without stopping first.