Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous?

Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? by hbrav on Saturday September 20, 2025 @06:24PM (#45318151)

Mazdas do lock the screen when in motion.

Actions can be accomplished using a 'big knob' button that can be turned or pressed. The driver can still distract themselves, but I believe it's to a lesser extent that the touch screen.

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Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? by para_parolu on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:30PM (#45318567)

Personal anecdote: I have mazda and tesla and drive both regularly. I’ve got many more times distracted with mazda knob trying to turn on album than doing the same in tesla. I used to think knob is safer until I started to see difference every day.

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Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? by decafninja on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:50PM (#45318696)

Also, IIRC the latest version of their best selling car - the CX-5, abandons the knob for pure touchscreen.

Supposedly the story is that outside of a small but vocal contingent on the Internet, most buyers did not like the knob.

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Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? by moogly on Saturday September 20, 2025 @10:29PM (#45319501)

In the MY2026 CX-5 (announced in July), the control knob went the same way as BMW's iDrive jog control: it's gone.

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Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? by guidedlight on Sunday September 21, 2025 @05:31AM (#45321308)

Unfortunately you can’t use the ‘big knob’ without looking at the screen, which is entirely self defeating.

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