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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by HumblyTossed on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @12:51PM (#37407718)
I bet they don't. Muscle memory is a thing. Do you look down at your blinker lever to change it? How about your wipers? If you have controls on your steering wheel, do you look at those to press them?

I bet not.

Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by fossuser on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:36PM (#37408307)
The stuff on the steering wheel no, but the stuff on the dash (radio, aircon, fan, etc.) I did look at when I had tactile controls (this is primarily the stuff that's moved to the touchscreen, the wheel controls/levers let you do tactile actions without looking for more common stuff).
Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by rootusrootus on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:58PM (#37408654)
I'd take that bet. The only controls I use muscle memory for are some of the steering wheel buttons (not all, e.g. I still have to look for the cruise control on/off for my F250) and the stalks. And even then, when I switch between cars I sometimes have to glance to remind myself which functionality the right stalk has. For climate controls and such, I pretty much always glance. The only knob I can reliably hit without a glance is the volume.

Maybe I've just been driving so long that the variety of cars has impeded my ability to develop muscle memory. But I doubt it.

Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by fossuser on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @11:34AM (#37482833)
My original comment was flag-killed, the irony of what constitutes a forbidden opinion on HN.