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Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?

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  1. myrrh
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    ...regardless of whether it's a touchscreen or physical actuator, i posit that modal controls are always dangerously distracting while operating a motor vehicle; anything which requires diverting...

    ...regardless of whether it's a touchscreen or physical actuator, i posit that modal controls are always dangerously distracting while operating a motor vehicle; anything which requires diverting the driver's attention from navigating their immediate environment to navigating a modal UI competes for the same headspace when fractions of a second count...

    ...it doesn't matter whether you're looking at a screen or listening to a spoken UI, if you have to construct, sustain, and manipulate a mental model to use it, your attention is not focused where it should be: motor vehicle controls must always offer predictably direct and unambiguous functionality...

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