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I would love a control panel option to turn automatic brake lights on/off.

It's really annoying to signal something to others that you don't intend.

I think there are a bunch of things tesla does that prevent you from being a good driver.

some examples:

- you can't flash your headlights (unless you traverse menus on the touchscreen)

- you can't set the wiper interval

- quickly turn on the defrost?

- turn on the hazard lights? (you should google it, it's funny)

newer cars go even further - no stalks, touch controls for turn signals, horn and wipers on the steering wheel

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> - you can't flash your headlights

You can flash the high beams which is good enough, IMO.

> - you can't set the wiper interval

You absolutely can. In my Model 3, if I press the button on the left stalk, it makes the wipers wipe once and shows the wiper options on the screen. I can set them to Off, Slow, Medium, Fast, and Auto.

The only exception is when the car is on Autopilot. Then, it's forced to be Auto. The quality of Tesla's auto-wiper software is questionable, though.

> - quickly turn on the defrost?

There's a button for that now.

> - turn on the hazard lights? (you should google it, it's funny)

? It's a button above the mirror?

> ? It's a button above the mirror?

Yep. FWIW, Hazard Lights is the one control that is mandated to be a physical button by US law.

> You can flash the high beams which is good enough, IMO.

flashing high beams at night is a good way to set people off and wind up in a road rage incident. some people interpret that signal very aggressively and will retaliate.

What model and year do you have?

My 6 month old Model Y has a dedicated button for hazard lights on the ceiling.

I can flash lights by pulling the left stalk (I forget if forward or backwards).

Wiper interval I do miss but what I usually do is either hit the wiper button once on the stalk and set via screen or use the voice interface to say “wipers speed 1”.

Can’t you turn defroster on with the voice interface too?

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