• Touchscreen fatality: Requiring drivers to change gears with a touchscr

    From Pluted Pup@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 15 15:23:24 2024
    Looks like another Touchscreen Fatality.

    The media says that touchscreens are better for
    everything because it's "more technological", but
    it's really just supported because advertisers
    think it's "kewl".

    The forced replacing of tactile controls with touchscreens
    doesn't just hurt the handicapped:

    Billionaire Dies After Accidentally Backing Tesla Into Pond

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taWMcCs1sVg

    "And THAT is the utter stupidity of using a TOUCHSCREEN to
    replace physical and CRITICAL controls in a Car!"

    "I do not want the same technology that can't tell what
    letter I'm trying to type, to be in charge of the gear shift.
    I'll stick with cars that have tactile controls."

    Also avoid the brand Mercedees, which have the design
    flaw of requiring touchscreen for climate controls,
    etc. Forcing drivers to take their eyes off the
    road to use swipe and click touchscreens is a hazard not
    only tothe car owner but everybody else on the road.

    "in a Tesla you can only change gears by swiping up or down
    on the touch screen. It is really dumb to replace a physical
    stick with touch controls"

    and many comments that blame the victim and effectually
    say that business is always right and customers are
    always wrong.

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