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Why are they terrible? My car has both, and I never use the analog speedometer.
by dagw 4y ago
Why are they terrible? My car has both, and I never use the analog speedometer.
- mcphage 4y agoBecause I want to know if I'm speeding—and if so, by how much—without doing math calculations in my head. Or even without having to look closely enough at the speedometer to be able to parse the numbers. Mentally, that process is a lot slower than looking at where a thing is pointing.
- dagw 4y agoI don't know, I find that 'parsing' a nice big "57" in the middle of my dash board and working out how much over 55 that is a lot quicker and easier than trying to estimate how far an arrow is between two number printed in a much smaller font.
- dusted 4y ago> and if so, by how much— Wait what ? So, you first have to squint, real hard, to find out how much past the printed number the indicator hand is, and THEN you have to do what kind of non-math magic to find out "by how much" ? "By two deegrees!" ?