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by trixie_ 2202 days ago
All that matters is what sells. Create a car with tons of buttons and switches today, go out of business tomorrow.
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That looks like an excellent argument for stronger safety regulations. It is now illegal to drive any vehicle on public roads that does not meet the following safety standards: X, Y, Z. There you go, market for idiots who like flashy gadgets over safe vehicle controls eliminated. We did it with drink driving. We did it with driving on phones (though both the laws and the enforcement are still far from ideal on this one). We can do it with obviously dumb ideas for vehicle controls where there is evidence of severe safety problems too.
That's why we can't have nice things, only things that are barely fit for purpose.