[judge2020]

For reference: https://youtu.be/_aV91djgwEc

I'm astonished this made it to production. Red tape and bureaucracy means nobody is willing to push back against a feature that is bad and potentially dangerous (maybe not any more dangerous than touchscreens though).

[kaba0]

> maybe not any more dangerous than touchscreens though

Maybe not any more dangerous than fancy lane control marketed as full self driving...

[PhantomGremlin]

In my experience working for a US subsidiary of a Japanese company, there's very little "push back" by underlings. That's simply not part of the culture.

As for peers, rather than underlings, the key word is consensus. Which is only achieved after endless months of interminable meetings during the day and interminable socializing during the evening. Maybe they finally reach consensus because they're worn out by all the discussion?

I hate touchscreens on the dash of moving cars. This interface is (perhaps?) worse, since the guy was making mistakes even in a stopped vehicle. But it would be interesting to try to use the interface while moving. One's hand is probably more stable down low, resting on the console, rather than extended out in space reaching for a touchscreen?

Either way, the interface is much worse than physical buttons on a console or dash.

[oblio]

Acura is German, not Japanese, you're not replying to the correct comment, I think.

Also, Acura's trackpad or whatever just needs a cursor. I wonder why they didn't think of that.

[TomVDB]

My 2018 Audi has the same braindead touchpad interface. It's completely unusable.

[oblio]

Ah, damn. I wonder if they've changed something recently. I saw that more recent Audi models seem to have a 2 screen UI (driver console and central screen).

[nixass]

Acura is luxury division of Honda, and headquartered both from the Japan and USA

[oblio]

Damn, I can't edit my comment. I meant that Acura is Japanese, not German. I wrote the comment the other way around :-(

Regarding headquarters, true, but it's still a division of Honda, which most people would consider a Japanese company.