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eltrain123@lemmy.world 11 months agoNo. You hit the button on the screen that changes the temp or you roll the right roller/button on the steering wheel.
The big lcd screen isn’t a mystery… it works like your phone… only a lot bigger so you don’t have to stare at it to know where to press. You can just glance and then look back at the road… like if it were an analog button.
n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Yeah but I don’t use my phone while driving and neither should you, and that fucking monstrosity is no different than a phone. You CAN’T use it without taking your eyes off the road which is super fucking dangerous hence the reason for pulling over to use the POS as you should. Dont say autopilot makes it safe because that system doesn’t work well as it can only use cameras and their machine learning model isn’t that good and should NOT be relied on to make it safe to use a giant cellphone for a center console.
eltrain123@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s pedantic. I wasn’t suggesting you use your phone while driving, I was describing the way you touch a screen. It is literally the exact same amount of distraction as pushing a button.
If you can’t handle touching a “fake button” without losing attention from the road, you probably shouldn’t be open operating heavy equipment at all.
n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Except there is no physical feedback, you NEED to look at that screen, I can manage 90% of my dash by feel and 90% of the controls I use are on my steering wheel.
Also everyone on the road isn’t you, I was nearly in an accident as a passenger because my driver was looking at the screen because there was no physical buttons.
eltrain123@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The physical feedback is your finger touching the screen. If it’s a skill you can’t learn, you should stick to old cars with outdated technology. Everyone isn’t capable of keeping up with technology. It’s fine.
Sounds like whoever drives you around is as incompetent as you are at managing their driving with new technology. You should find people with more coordination to drive you around.