Touchscreens in cars should have been illegal to begin with it. How can it be that operating a cellphone is not allowed but operating a “tablet” is a necessity?
Trying to legislate exactly what is and isn't in cars is exactly how we got touch screen everything in the first place.
I have less than zero faith that doubling down and adding another layer on top will not cause more perverse 2nd and 3rd order consequences.
Ralph Nader in 1967, 57 years ago, interviewed by Studs Terkel:
<https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-...>
Direct audio: <https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.m...> (MP3)
(The segment is excellent, and whilst in many ways a historical document also strongly informs the recent past, immediate present, and I strongly suspect the future.)
The AWS back-end could be browsed or downloaded directly via AWS tools a ways back, and was about 600 GB last I'd checked. You'll have to sort out your own directory of content, however. Much of what's in there still isn't included in the official directory, again, at last check, though that includes numerous fragments and partial-tape interviews.
<https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/>
(Previous discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701>.)
I wish world would work like this. Unfortunately it does not.
Why would you want the most used features to be on a touchscreen?
Gear change: drive/park/reverse. Always using when stopped.
Music: has physical control to change + voice
Volume: same
Side mirrors folks: same + auto
Climate: profile + voice The only thing that I found I need to fiddle with touchscreen (one physical button -> one touch button) while driving is rear fog light. It's neither auto nor supported by voice.
It's an easy software fix; not sure why they didn't add it yet. The software even recognizes the command and says not available yet.