Yep, my 2009 Volvo has a popup screen that can be pushed down into the dash. I like it because I almost never use the reversing camera, but on the rare occasion I want to it's available. The rest of the car is all physical controls.
are you not worried about running over small children?
Re:Please make a dumb car
by cplusplusfellow on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:35PM
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Serious question. Was there some epidemic of running over children that I missed in the 18 years of operating vehicles before I got one with a backup camera?
It’s not a serious question to ask if there was an ‘epidemic’. That is clearly a straw man.
Backup cameras were mandated as a result of cases of children being run over, because mirrors are inadequate to detect their presence.
Re:Please make a dumb car
by matt-attack on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:05PM
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My Toyota has no LCD screen visible. Instead they makes the backup camera screen behind a partially silvered section of the rear view mirror. It’s quite nice. Not as big and bright as others but gets the job done and is super discreet.
However, I have it set to screen saver mode, and it is completely powered down until I put the car in reverse. It also wakes for certain things like displaying the temperature if I change it with the real knobs.
The Speedometer and Rev counter are physical needles. Newer models have replaced these with a central LCD, which means I will hang onto this one as long as I can.
There is no reason a car can’t have a display and be humane, other than stupid corporate design sensibilities.