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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by SilasX on Sunday August 11, 2019 @02:37PM (#20669668)
Heh, I just had a vision of some car manufacturer making the steering controlled by a touch screen. (Is there a reason that that would already be illegal?)
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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by userbinator on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:57PM (#20670811)
Is there a reason that that would already be illegal?

The FMVSS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Motor_Vehicle_Safety_S... ) probably has some rule that states a car has to have a physical steering wheel that operates in a particular way, as well as a brake pedal to the left of the accelerator, etc., although I haven't actually looked; I do know, however, that it requires automatic transmissions to have the PRNDL shift sequence.

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