There is a debate that has been going on for a long time about What is the best way to control the functions of a car?, from radio adjustment to ventilation, from the navigation system to seat heating. There are those who like the traditional physical controls, which can be pressed or rotated to get to the desired option, creating a more confusing dashboard full of buttons, while other drivers reveal their preference for more. cleansedno shortcut buttons, operations are controlled via a touch screen.
Although it was all just a matter of aesthetics, each driver should simply choose the solution that they liked best. But it quickly became apparent that drivers were complaining that touchscreens took longer to accomplish the same purpose or complete the same operation as traditional keys or buttons. which generated a safety problem, because if the driver’s eyes and attention are focused on the screen, they are not focused on the road.
The table published by Vi Bilägare
A study carried out by the Swedish publication Vi Bilägare brought it all to light, determining the time drivers need to perform certain tasks on board. The analysis compared a set of 11 modern vehicles, all of them with touch screens, some more sophisticated than others, against an “old” Volvo V70 from 2005, with only buttons.
The functions that drivers had to perform ranged from adjusting the heating of the seats and increasing the temperature of the passenger compartment by 2ºC, going through demisting the windows, turning on the radio and searching for a specific station, resetting the partial odometer to zero and reduce indoor lighting. As can be seen above, within the framework of Vi Bilägare, the The fastest driver to perform these functions was the Volvo V70which was dispatched after just 10 seconds, during which time his vehicle would travel 306 meters if traveling at 110 km/h, the maximum speed allowed on Swedish motorways.
This is the interior of the model that needs more time to perform the same tasks. It is 1.3 km for most of the time the driver is focused on the screen and not on the road
Among the modern models, without buttons and with a touch screen, the best (because they are faster and therefore safer) are the Dacia Sandero and the Volvo C40, the first to travel 414m and the second 417m. It is followed by a central block with eight vehicles, where the two fastest are the Subaru Outback (592m) and the Mercedes GLB (616m) and the slowest are the Seat Leon (895m) and the BMW iX (928m). The worst, as it is slower and requires more attention from the driver, is the MG Marvel R.. It took 44.9 seconds to complete all tasks, during which the vehicle would travel 1,372 meters. It’s more than 1.3 km looking at the screen, which in a car from 17 years ago required just 10 seconds.
Source: Observadora
