TV star shaken after Jaguar brakes fail during drive

[mab01uk]

Touch screen distractions and fly by wire brakes, progress ?.

No.

Lots of unfixable junk in a few short years.

If people had a shred of common sense, they'd see right through all this shit and buy a 2017 Mondeo for 5 grand.

Also makes no sense that drivers are allowed to navigate through menus on a dashboard touch screen to access the 'buttons' to control various functions on the car but by law must not touch their phones touch screen while driving.....both are surely a distraction. Obviously the manufacturers like the cheaper cost of a touch screen compared to 'real' buttons or switches but as their is no tactile feel as feedback from a flat screen, a driver has to look at a touch screen and so take their eyes of the road....

Car makers told to ditch distracting touchscreens
"From January 2026, crash testing body Euro NCAP will introduce rules that downgrade the safety ratings of new vehicles that do not have buttons on the dashboard to control simple operations such as indicating and activating hazard warning lights.
Brands including Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Volkswagen and Volvo are today offering larger, more advanced touchscreens with more controls embedded into them that are convoluted to use while driving.
This is said to be 'undermining' the ban on using a phone at the wheel, which since March 2022 will land motorists who touch their device with six penalty points on your licence and a £200 fine (and if, within two years of passing your test, will cost you your licence) if caught by the police or roadside cameras."
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/car ... reens.html

[Exminiman]

Touch screen distractions and fly by wire brakes, progress ?.

No.

Lots of unfixable junk in a few short years.

If people had a shred of common sense, they'd see right through all this shit and buy a 2017 Mondeo for 5 grand.

Also makes no sense that drivers are allowed to navigate through menus on a dashboard touch screen to access the 'buttons' to control various functions on the car but by law must not touch their phones touch screen while driving.....both are surely a distraction. Obviously the manufacturers like the cheaper cost of a touch screen compared to 'real' buttons or switches but as their is no tactile feel as feedback from a flat screen, a driver has to look at a touch screen and so take their eyes of the road....

Car makers told to ditch distracting touchscreens
"From January 2026, crash testing body Euro NCAP will introduce rules that downgrade the safety ratings of new vehicles that do not have buttons on the dashboard to control simple operations such as indicating and activating hazard warning lights.
Brands including Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Volkswagen and Volvo are today offering larger, more advanced touchscreens with more controls embedded into them that are convoluted to use while driving.
This is said to be 'undermining' the ban on using a phone at the wheel, which since March 2022 will land motorists who touch their device with six penalty points on your licence and a £200 fine (and if, within two years of passing your test, will cost you your licence) if caught by the police or roadside cameras."
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/car ... reens.html

This is mad, so I cant hold my phone and scroll but I can scroll the touch screen on my car which is attached to my phone

[111Robin]

Driving and safety have become secondary aspects of modern cars, overtaken by "connectivity" and the need to make it functionally like a large mobile phone as that's what seemingly sells units. Obviously it is far cheaper to throw all functions onto a tablet screen and frees up space for "ambience lighting" and other such necessities. It has even started to creep into motorcycles now. Look at the latest BMW R1300 GS, full of menus, functions, scrolling etc. all of which can be done on the fly. I can't imagine taking my eyes off the road while scrolling through menus on a bike. However it can be done and so it is now a "thing". Madness.

[andy1071]

My newest car is from '99...
I'm even trying to avoid 'canbus' (another load of sh*te)....
-I feel as though that was the start of the downward spiral...