Have insurers determined if touchscreens result in more accidents? And have premiums accounted for this?
I was told decades ago that insurance companies analyze vehicle make, models, and colors for accidents, and adjust the premiums (heard red cars were often at fault and white cars were often hit because they were missed by other drivers while merging lanes, not sure if that data is still true in 2021). Surely they also include these features into their analysis
They should handle it like radios: let the user just yank the whole thing out and leave CAN/power/speaker connectors. Then reasonable organizations can build the controls.
Unfortunately, it's extremely possible. Up until recently, Lexus didn't have a touch-screen in its lineup. Android Auto / Apple Carplay forced their hand on bringing them back.
Is that a serious question? Vehicles simply didn't have have navigation prior to separate GPSs like Garmin. Once they were built into cars, they used the same touchscreen interfaces. The entertainment "system" (radio/CD) simply used a few buttons. The "navigation system" was a map that, if you were by yourself, was something you tried to follow without taking your eyes off the road too much
> Vehicles simply didn't have have navigation prior to separate GPSs like Garmin.
But we're not talking pre-Garmin here - the person I was replying to said recent Lexus didn't have them. They must have had navigation in a recent Lexus surely? So how did you input an address?
also lol at people downvoting me who don't drive a Lexus and think I'm wrong about my claim that they don't use touch screens. Maybe they had one model that kept a touch screen but the RX series didn't get one until I believe 2020. It had 4 years of not having one at least. That's by far their most popular car. I don't remember the ES or GX that I test drove having them either until recently...
I guess I'm surprised that such things existed. I never saw one, but then I still don't have a built-in touchscreen system. I just use a phone. I guess I assumed that any built-in nav touch screen was controlled by touch but maybe not.
There is a delightfully awful feature in audis where you can draw letters on a sort of touchpad and it works out what they are correctly a good 10% of the time. It's a cool tech I guess, but a really quite awful idea for cars, both in terms of UX and keeping concentration on the road.
Voice interface (of the "pull the lever to speak" variety), physical buttons (e.g. T9) , physical dials (e.g. rotate to select key then press to confirm), drawing letters on a touchpad (seen it), etc.
The voice entry on my MB can be frustrating sometimes, mostly when telling it street names, but the entry knob it has is easy to use. It dials clockwise and counterclockwise, works as a four way joystick, and presses down as a button.
Wow the website says they're still running a CD player. I'm not sure that's really realistic today for most people and most consumers wouldn't accept that for entertainment.
There are certain systems that probably have to be a combination of touchscreen and voice. What's happened though is that a bunch of parallel knobs and buttons have been removed.
My 2019 IS300 doesn’t have a touch screen at all. It has a small wide-screen display on top of the dash but it’s controlled by a physical controller in the centre console like a mouse, and it’s only for GPS and audio. Same goes for all IS models until this year when they got CarPlay/etc.
I was told decades ago that insurance companies analyze vehicle make, models, and colors for accidents, and adjust the premiums (heard red cars were often at fault and white cars were often hit because they were missed by other drivers while merging lanes, not sure if that data is still true in 2021). Surely they also include these features into their analysis