Comment by bayindirh
2 months ago
I reread the thread from the start, so I want to set some things straight:
1. I have cited "highway sign design" & "Germany's license plate font" as factors external to cars. I'm not moving anything except my fingers while typing this comment. Moreover, I'm not trying to win anything and we're just discussing here. Moving the goalposts would be something silly to do, if I ever attempted it.
2. No, you asked whether the clarity of the fonts contribute to the safety of the whole car, and I said "yes!", and will say again. Your question lacks a comparison relative to anything, so it stands on its own. Again, for the third time, legibility of anything inside (and around) the car is a contributor to security of it.
3. Again, citing myself, I told that we shall reduce touch controls and increase physical ones. I mean that comment is 2 days old. I can't edit it in, can I? However, by citing displays I again openly mentioned "digital instrument clusters", and displays attached to controls like climate controls' displays sitting in proximity of rotary dials most of the time. Legibility of these things are equally important as blind controls, because if your car wants your attention, you need to understand what's happening as quickly as possible.
I believe there's a clear misunderstanding going on, and I honestly don't know what to do and say, because you're stuffing words in my mouth.
I'll probably go make tea.
Happy (belated) merry Christmas and happy new year.
Please drive safe, and be attentive to road.
I appreciate the response and I agree there's some misunderstanding related to the scope.
My question, admittedly probably not as clearly as I'd like it to be, was only related to safety of operating physical controls vs having to use touchscreen.
Any external circumstances notwithstanding.
The article and, I believe, our threat was about the safety factor physical/tactile vs primarily visual.
If I were forced to use touch screen then sure, better font is increasing safety, but at the same time replacing physical controls with touchscreen is drastically lowering the safety, which has been confirmed by a study and recently by NCAP removing stars for that.
For the purpose of this thread I don't care about external sources of information, they have NO impact on "are physical controls inside the car more conductive to safety than touchscreen?".
It was never a debate about improving necessary / mandatory interface, it was a debate whether they're a regression (from the safety perspective) or not.
Have a happy new year and don't worry, I'm attentive, I would never buy a car that forces me to take my eyes off the road to turn up the volume or temperature :)