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[Good news] European car safety body is coming for touchscreens. The European New Car Assessment Programme mandates that key controls need physical buttons or switches (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Good! Fuck those screens!

I want to have the fucking windshield spray on my fucking steering wheel again! Why the hell did anyone think putting these things behind 20 menus is a good idea?!?

[–] bushvin 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It seems you’re being distracted from reading the article correctly…

…its horn, windshield wipers, turn signals, hazard warning lights and SOS features…

Windshield spray is not an essential control…

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It still belongs on the fucking steering wheel. You could say its part of the windshield wipers.

[–] DoomBot5 1 points 8 months ago

Curious which vehicle doesn't have it there. Even a model 3 has both on the left stock button.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

windshield spray

Wait, did that disappear? Sorry, I'm a bit out of the loop, the last few cars I had still had it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A car i drove at work had the fucking windshield spray in a sub menu yes. Idk what car it was, my company sold it after a month because we all agreed that its a safety hazard. I know it was a EV however. Maybe a Tesla or something like that.

[–] tux 4 points 8 months ago

Tesla you just push a button on the stick like any other car. What monster puts that only behind a submenu