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238 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 20 Sep 25 15:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

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nine_k ◴[20 Sep 25 16:24 UTC] No.45314709[source]▶

In short: various studies show that touchscreens draw attention of the driver for longer, so they are more dangerous at speed.

European agencies noticed and started requiring physical dedicated switches for certain most important functions to get a full safety rating.

Car makers also gradually revert to physical switches, and also push voice control for certain functions.

1. ghaff ◴[20 Sep 25 16:51 UTC] No.45314990[source]▶

Voice control is sufficiently finicky that I wouldn’t want to rely on it but it can help for things like navigation changes.

Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?