https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/drivers-major-car-brands-changes-new-vehicles
. . .
Dealing with touch-screens is a MAJOR distractive
problem - which means crashes.
Old-fashioned knobs and switches, easily instinct-
mapped, are by FAR the better real-world solution.
My old car, I don't have to THINK about changing
radio channels or adjusting the lights or switching
the A/C unit ... I just *know* where the switches
and knobs are, find them by feel.
I've rented 'modern' cars ... it's all just UNSAFE
to the extreme, sucks-up 95% of your mental energy
to read/touch the damned little screen.
You don't drive in the void of space, you drive
amongst hundreds of other cars weaving in and
out and around in real-time. Most of THEM are
fucking with the damned touch-screens too.
See the problem ???
MAKERS of all-screen cars should immediately
offer, be mandated to offer, retrofitting. It's
a major public-safety issue.
They had it right in 1961.
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/drivers-major-car-brands-changes-new-vehicles
. . .
Dealing with touch-screens is a MAJOR distractive
problem - which means crashes.
Old-fashioned knobs and switches, easily instinct-
mapped, are by FAR the better real-world solution.
My old car, I don't have to THINK about changing
radio channels or adjusting the lights or switching
the A/C unit ... I just *know* where the switches
and knobs are, find them by feel.
I've rented 'modern' cars ... it's all just UNSAFE
to the extreme, sucks-up 95% of your mental energy
to read/touch the damned little screen.
You don't drive in the void of space, you drive
amongst hundreds of other cars weaving in and
out and around in real-time. Most of THEM are
fucking with the damned touch-screens too.
See the problem ???
MAKERS of all-screen cars should immediately
offer, be mandated to offer, retrofitting. It's
a major public-safety issue.
They had it right in 1961.
Yes I liked my Ford Mustang V8 in the sixties...
What will be next in cars? Voice control only?
"Car take me to ..?"
On 8/3/25 3:39 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/drivers-major-car-brands-changes-new-vehicles
. . .
Dealing with touch-screens is a MAJOR distractive
problem - which means crashes.
Old-fashioned knobs and switches, easily instinct-
mapped, are by FAR the better real-world solution.
My old car, I don't have to THINK about changing
radio channels or adjusting the lights or switching
the A/C unit ... I just *know* where the switches
and knobs are, find them by feel.
I've rented 'modern' cars ... it's all just UNSAFE
to the extreme, sucks-up 95% of your mental energy
to read/touch the damned little screen.
You don't drive in the void of space, you drive
amongst hundreds of other cars weaving in and
out and around in real-time. Most of THEM are
fucking with the damned touch-screens too.
See the problem ???
MAKERS of all-screen cars should immediately
offer, be mandated to offer, retrofitting. It's
a major public-safety issue.
They had it right in 1961.
Yes I liked my Ford Mustang V8 in the sixties...
It was a Falcon with a sexier body :-)
What will be next in cars? Voice control only?
"Car take me to ..?"
The important idea is to MINIMIZE the amount
of brain/sense-time needed to make the usual
little adjustments. Voice MIGHT work better,
but old fashioned knobs/switches are still
even better. "Physical memory" seems the
most efficient - and thus safest on the road.
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