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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by oven9342 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @02:36AM (#39600418)
People have already died because of the screens “The ship's user interface [touch screen] was found to have contributed to the sailors' confusion.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_and_Alnic_M...

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by stby on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:28AM (#39600742)
Seems to be a US Navy thing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655#Potential_...).

On a more serious note, there's a big difference between a vehicle like a car that is operated by one person, and a ship with a large crew with dedicated tasks.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by forgetfreeman on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:56AM (#39600954)
True. With a car there are fewer eyes monitoring the situation and frequently little or no time to correct from a mistake.
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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by oven9342 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:02AM (#39601394)
Each crew member should have been assigned the management and activation of a given portion of the touchscreen.

Morning briefing by the Captain: “John, you’ll supervise and operate the bottom left corner of the Touchscreen. Adam, as a left handed sailor, you’ll stand right to John and operate the bottom right corner of the Touchscreen with your left hand so there are no collisions in case of emergency”

Aye, captain

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by hef19898 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:03AM (#39601855)
The control interface you know is the touchscreen of your smartphone, isn't it?
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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by jkestner on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @11:56AM (#39606130)
ProPublica did excellent reporting on this: https://features.propublica.org/navy-uss-mccain-crash/navy-i...
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