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There's data that suggests that the increases in vehicle/pedestrian collision is mostly due to the in car displays that require you to take your eyes off of the
by complaintdept 2y ago
There's data that suggests that the increases in vehicle/pedestrian collision is mostly due to the in car displays that require you to take your eyes off of the road to do anything. Most excess collisions since around 2010 collisions have been at night, when peripheral vision is less likely to catch movement, and when the screens will mess up your night vision.
Also, smartphones being used while driving are a massive hazard that people aren't really talking about. The number of people that I, or my passenger, has seen texting while driving is really shocking. I'd wager it's a bigger problem than drunk driving ever was.
- imabotbeep2937 2y agoLiterally in the article.
- complaintdept 2y agoOh god the shame.
- SoftTalker 2y ago> the screens will mess up your night vision This was a huge problem in a car I rented recently. There was so much light coming off the dash I could hardly see the road, and there was no obvious way to dim it (all my older cars have a dedicated knob or wheel to control the dashboard brightness).
- Neywiny 2y agoMine has increase/decrease buttons but once the headlights go on it gets a lot dimmer. I like that except for when I'm going through a tunnel or something and it gets a bit distracting having so much change brightness at once
- hypeatei 2y ago> and there was no obvious way to dim it This is another issue that plagues a lot of modern cars. Lack of physical buttons and moving a bunch of functionality into the touchscreen which increases distractions and causes the driver to get flustered.
- Qem 2y agoThey should at least have a monochromatic red mode set by default. The color that mess the least with night vision.
- Ylpertnodi 2y agoCheck out 'cycling mikey' on youtube. He has all the convictions that prove you are correct. One area where i do congratulate the british plods is they will convict using gopro footage. Strangely unhelpful and aggressive when confronted by an auditor, though.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoWhat you mention implies that the US government should mandate HUDs in all vehicles, so that drivers are not incentivized to take their eyes off the road to check speed or directions. I 10000% support this and I think a good 5% of what makes Elon a bad person was him going on twitter and saying that HUDs are stupid and that teslas will never get one.
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