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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR
Agreed that it's a shit UI and the touchscreen is inaccurate and slow.
However, I don't stare at it while driving and I have never felt it was unsafe to operate. I just use the next/previous for presets instead of the preset screen, put your finger over the button (takes what, .2 seconds to glance?) and leave it there until you find a channel with something good. :shrug:
Plus it's not like you can't replace the head unit if you want. Makes a lot more sense than trying to get a recall because someone is too stupid to figure out how to deal with the shitty UI.
I'd rather have a shitty UI and no steering wheel controls than a shitty UI and steering wheel controls  I hate steering wheel controls. If it annoyed me that much I would simply replace the HU. |
I've basically developed the same technique. My dad, on the other hand, would have to flip up his glasses and stare at the screen for minutes to figure it out.
I guess you have to look at it compared to their competition. Almost every car made in over the last 40 years have had hardware preset and tuning buttons; even most aftermarket double-din touchscreens have some affordance (hard buttons, or they locate the touch presets along the screen edge). The original iDrive ("I Drive While You Figure Out How to Tune the Radio") had hard buttons for the radio (on both the dash and wheel).
So what it boils down to is this: can it be operated safely if you're willing to train yourself? Yes. But if it requires more attention to operate than 99.9% of radios in the past 4 decades, then it is less safe to operate than all of those millions of cars. And it's just so cheap and easy to fix with a UI redesign or a some hard buttons that I really don't understand how they let it go out the door this way.
Oh well, I can make due, but it could be a legitimate concern in the hands of distractible drivers.