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Carmakers are equipping their latest models with fancy touchscreens, but that could cause problems with Europe’s largest car safety authority.

The European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) is revamping its rating system starting Jan. 1, 2026 to mandate that five of a car's primary controls — its horn, windshield wipers, turn signals, hazard warning lights and SOS features — will need physical buttons or switches.

Car models will have to comply to get NCAP's coveted five-star rating. The scheme is voluntary but is heeded by most automakers because it's closely monitored by consumers.

Belgium-based NCAP says that purely digital controls are a potential safety issue.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have Tesla and their old design I could do easily while driving. They did a UI update and not everything takes several clicks. Anything that is critical to running the car should have a manual control. If touch screen isn’t available, you need to be able to operate the car, if nothing else to get to a repair center.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What controls do you need to operate the car?

I though everything the article mentions is already a physical control, like horn and windshield wipers.

It’s only temperature that is digital.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In the Tesla the wipers are on the touch screen.

I’ve heard new models also to change gears you use the touch screen. Mine has a control for that but I’ve heard in newer models they removed that.

Temperature is also touch screen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For mine, the wipers are on the left side. You can click once to run it once and then use the roller buttons to change intensity

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you have gear selector on yours ?

I’d actually like that setup. Mine is all touch for wipers since they are “automatic”.

My Audi has a control for it. Now I do feel the Audi has too many sticks. I have three which just seems like too many.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Gear selector? No of course not, mine doesn’t have gears (or so I’ve been told so). I was told that the idea is that the driver shouldn’t need to touch the touch screen mid drive, and honestly, imo it’s mostly like that. Having said that, I would like further improvement like temperature buttons/knobs.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog 1 points 7 months ago

Temperature is critical if your windshield fogs up. Teslas are steaming piles of garbage though, so no surprise on anything they do.