European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls

Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by onionisafruit on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:00PM (#39598977)

My grandmother used to have a car where the horn was a button at the end of one of the stems. I think it was on the same stem that controlled the wipers. I wish I remembered what kind of car it was. I think it was from the 40s.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by yaky on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:49PM (#39599212)

First generation Chevy Volt (2011-2016) has a button at the end of the left stem that sounds an alternative polite (aka "pedestrian") horn. It's several very rapid, but somewhat quiet honks, that sound like "brrrap".

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by Tagbert on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:42PM (#39599525)

I like that. I used to have a car that would give that kind of polite honk with a light press and a louder honk with a harder press. I’ve always wished that were still a thing.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by lokedhs on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:30PM (#39599121)

The old Mini had that. I remember seeing it in the 80's.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by brabel on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @01:43AM (#39600149)

My parents had one of these... I believe it was Ford Corcel from 1978 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Corcel), a South American model, according to Wikipedia, based on Renault 12.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by sandermvanvliet on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @02:07AM (#39600254)

My Land Rover Defender has that too and that’s from early 2000, think they kept that for quite a bit longer than that too.

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