Lol, this sort of shit also comes in ICE vehicles. The only reason this is more predominant in EVs is because some braindead MBAs think EVs need to somehow be more “futuristic” and tactile buttons are too old-school for them. How is it difficult to fathom that in certain situations this can lead to accidents?
Comment on Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes
blarth@thelemmy.club 2 months agoThe stereo causing someone to crash the car? That’s just Darwin at work.
Ibuthyr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
blarth@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
I’m not defending capacitive touch in cars. I don’t like it either. I’m just saying that it being blamed for an accident is silly to me.
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Not really at all. Your view is incredibly wrong. Just because you believe your high level of intellect makes it impossible for you, you may be forgetting the legion of morons and old people out there driving. Is 100% entirely possible someone could be turning a corner and accidentally does something to cause a distraction and run someone over because they instantly look down away from the road.
Regardless of the persons intelligence, it absolutely can and almost guaranteed has happened numerous times over humans driving careers. The button style just makes these situations easier to take place.
blarth@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
Keep finding your axe against capacitive buttons, I don’t like them either. However, the ID.4 is most definitely not causing more people to crash than other cars. People can accidentally swipe touch controls on steering wheels, too.
Ibuthyr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yeah, no shit? These controls are shit in any car, including yours.