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> This is a KNOWN issue. There's very very little upside to any sort of touchscreen in a moving vehicle. That’s a very confident statement to make without data

by kiratp 4y ago

> This is a KNOWN issue. There's very very little upside to any sort of touchscreen in a moving vehicle. That’s a very confident statement to make without data to back it up. Strong disagree. I see a huge number of benefits from the touchscreen in my Tesla. Continuous improvements to how the fundamental controls operate. New features that could only have been possible due to the controls not being hardware… And generally speaking my vehicle seems to save me from human lapses in judgement even when I’m paying perfect attention so I’m not convinced about the argument that they purely increase distraction.

bagels 4y ago
You have to take your eyes off the road for multiple seconds to turn the defogger/defroster on, as one example. Maybe there are studies to back it up too, but intuitively, this seems unsafe compared to turning a knob that you don't have to look at.
skelpmargyar 4y ago
Are you able to perform a good majority of functions without taking your eyes off the road over 95% of the time? In my perfect setup I would have configurable buttons to map critical functions to and then a touch screen for non-important things. I have a very hard time seeing how a touch screen alone would be better than touch screen + a couple buttons.
- kiratp 4y ago
  Yes. Everything you need while driving is on the wheel or at a well defined corner of the screen (which big touch targets). And that too can be avoided if you’re willing to use voice control.
olyjohn 4y ago
I'd love to hear how the car has saved you while you were paying attention.
- kiratp 4y ago
  - Changing lanes with someone in my blind spot just behind the B pillar - someone changing lanes into me while cruising - car tried to cut across from lane to my right to lane to my left. Got blocked from going to left lane and slammed brakes in front of me - saw brake lights farther than I could in a snowstorm It’s like having someone with 100% attention and 360 visibility watching your back at all times.

by kiratp 4y ago

bagels 4y ago

You have to take your eyes off the road for multiple seconds to turn the defogger/defroster on, as one example. Maybe there are studies to back it up too, but intuitively, this seems unsafe compared to turning a knob that you don't have to look at.

skelpmargyar 4y ago

Are you able to perform a good majority of functions without taking your eyes off the road over 95% of the time? In my perfect setup I would have configurable buttons to map critical functions to and then a touch screen for non-important things. I have a very hard time seeing how a touch screen alone would be better than touch screen + a couple buttons.

kiratp 4y ago
Yes. Everything you need while driving is on the wheel or at a well defined corner of the screen (which big touch targets). And that too can be avoided if you’re willing to use voice control.

olyjohn 4y ago

I'd love to hear how the car has saved you while you were paying attention.

kiratp 4y ago
- Changing lanes with someone in my blind spot just behind the B pillar - someone changing lanes into me while cruising - car tried to cut across from lane to my right to lane to my left. Got blocked from going to left lane and slammed brakes in front of me - saw brake lights farther than I could in a snowstorm It’s like having someone with 100% attention and 360 visibility watching your back at all times.