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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] candybrie 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are you counting the stalks behind the wheel as on the steering wheel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, you can operate them without letting go of the steering wheel or taking your eyes off the road.

[–] candybrie 3 points 9 months ago

I'm definitely taking my hand off the wheel to operate things like headlights or wiper speed, which are dials on the end of a stalk. It would be really difficult not to.

[–] atrielienz 2 points 9 months ago

It's funny that hazard lights are not included in the list and while they're not part of a touch screen interface for any car as far as I know, I also know some older cars used to mount that button on top of the steering wheel and I kind of wish we could go back to that.