"Automakers and tech companies promised us they were going to solve the automotive safety crisis. But a decade on, road deaths continue to hit records in the United States — the death toll jumped 10.5% to 42,915 people in 2021 — and the techno-fixes are nowhere to be found... Meanwhile, the infotainment systems companies are implementing in their vehicles are making the problem worse."

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/tech-was-supposed-to-make-cars-safer

Tech Was Supposed to Make Cars Safer. It Didn’t Deliver.

A new Sony concept vehicle exemplifies a worrying trend kicked off by Tesla

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@TheWarOnCars I never could, and still cannot, understand how regulators allowed Tesla to basically just go "dashboard? fuck that, just chuck an iPad in there". a touchscreen panel is OBVIOUSLY much less safe than physical / analogue controls.
@MonkeyElephant @TheWarOnCars My 3 year old car has a touchscreen with redundant buttons. No way will I trade for a new model with only a touchscreen
@MonkeyElephant @TheWarOnCars Teslas are a mass experiment with human subjects that have never even been asked for consent.

@TheWarOnCars nice article, extremely good summary of what happens in the 'decade of (not so much) autonomous driving'.

And yes, I also want more physical buttons in my Tesla 3.

@TheWarOnCars They only ever meant the people inside the cars...