Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor...
by chrisseaton on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:47PM
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> not outweigh the number of deaths that are caused when the screen distracts the driver and causes a crash
You could disable the screens while driving forward or at higher speed if you think that's important for safety. But we shouldn't remove them.
Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor...
by touisteur on Sunday November 07, 2021 @09:53AM
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I actually think it's a good idea to leave the screen in for rear/parking, and disable it while driving at higher speed.
And I feel the same for the baseband chip (phone and data), speaker, noise-notification in phones. Yes I'm punishing passengers, waze, etc, but the #1 (observed) danger these days to me, cyclist and pedestrian, is the driver's phone. It's such a problem, I feel we're not being serious about it.
Let's assume that these screens eliminate 100% of all deaths and accidental injury from backing up.
My point is that does not outweigh the number of deaths that are caused when the screen distracts the driver and causes a crash. This happens frequently, at higher speeds, and with worse consequences. Worse, I bet these crashes are grossly under-reported because no-one is going to admit being distracted by a screen, and so accepting liability.
As for gut instinct, mine has nothing to do with it. I have been in enough close calls with other distracted drivers, and I have seen the PSAs about not driving distracted, to know that it's a 10 kdeath/yr issue, not a 100 death/yr issue.
I'm going to disengage because there's something about this whole interaction that doesn't sit right with me.