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Especially in cars, especially in simple controls, touch screens are great for low screen real estate but cars are one of the dumbest places for them since ther
by 2099miles 2y ago
Especially in cars, especially in simple controls, touch screens are great for low screen real estate but cars are one of the dumbest places for them since there is so much real estate and so little need for a screen
- dredmorbius 2y agoScreens have been mandatory in new US automobiles since 2018, due to regulations requiring a back-up camera: "All new cars in US now required to have backup cameras" (2018) <https://abcnews.go.com/US/cars-us-now-required-backup-cameras/story?id=54854404 https://abcnews.go.com/US/cars-us-now-required-backup-camera...> I can appreciate the safety rationale. I hate what this does to automobile interiors / controls, and suspect that the distraction / confusion factor may very well outweigh any possible life/injury savings due to the cameras in the first place. The alternative of incorporating the BUC display into the rear-view mirror, perhaps in addition to obstacle warnings, might be an alternative. Absent that, a fold-down ceiling-mounted display would be my next preference. Anything to avoid having a persistent screen on the dash. Mazda were apparently offering a heads-up display (HUD) as of 2019: <https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-purging-touchscreens-from-its-vehicles https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-pur...> (As noted elsewhere in thread by slipmagic: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42037412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42037412>.)