Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens

Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by nmeagent on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:12PM (#34291499)

> you DO NOT need a speedometer or any dash display at all to safely pull a car to the side of the road and stop.

You do if there isn't a good place to stop and you need (or would rather) keep driving for awhile first, say in the middle of an obnoxious construction zone with no shoulder, or on a mountain pass with no shoulder, or in a sketchy area in the middle of the night (summoning a tow truck can literally take hours depending on where you are), etc.

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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by phpisthebest on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:24PM (#34291631)

Then you can slow to a reasonable safe speed and proceed on visual cues alone

Still do not need a speedometer, you should be able to judge you speed with in 5-10mph by visual alone, if you can not you probably should not be driving in the first place.

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Re:Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to... by bbarnett on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:21PM (#34291592)

Yes but by that logic, we should mandate dual tires on all rims, just becuase we can.

You're perfectly find driving without a speedometer, till out of the construction zone.

I had a car with a busted one for a decade, and you know what I did? I drove with the flow of traffic.

Really, a dash display is not a safety feature.

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