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> Yay, more touch screen in cars. It's odd though that the number of auto accidents in the US has not increased with the increased use of in-dash touch screens
by jsz0 13y ago
> Yay, more touch screen in cars.
It's odd though that the number of auto accidents in the US has not increased with the increased use of in-dash touch screens and SmartPhones. Deaths from auto accidents have also been on the decline. It seems like people are doing a pretty good job adapting.
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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- jljljl 13y agoPopulation adjusted vehicle miles driven has also decreased during that time period: http://www.businessinsider.com/vehicle-miles-driven-2013-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/vehicle-miles-driven-2013-2 There's a lot of factors that go into reducing auto accidents, so that correlation doesn't really tell us anything about the danger of driving with touch screens in the car.
- amalcon 13y agoIt tells us something, just not something anyone seriously wondered about. We can be pretty sure that vehicles with touchscreens don't get into (for example) 10,000x as many accidents as vehicles with manual controls, as that should be visible in the statistics. What it doesn't tell us is whether or not touchscreens pose any significant additional danger.
- jarek 13y ago> It seems like people are doing a pretty good job adapting. Or something else is making it safer