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Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?

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238 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 20 Sep 25 15:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Zanni ◴[20 Sep 25 16:33 UTC] No.45314836[source]▶
Depends enormously on the implementation and use case. My daily driver is a Tesla Model 3, which has a big, beautiful touch screen. But I almost never touch it while I'm driving. Anything I need to control can be handled by voice command ("set temp to 70") or the scroll wheels in the steering wheel. (The one irritating exception is the windshield wipers.)
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1. dfxm12 ◴[20 Sep 25 16:51 UTC] No.45314984[source]▶
I was annoyed that to get the safety features on the car I wanted, I had to get a configuration with a touchscreen (ironic, I know).

However, once I took it for a test drive, I was relieved to find that almost every button I want to press while driving can be found on the steering wheel without looking. Only the air con controls are left out.