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Posted 2 months ago

Long live common sense!

Matthew Avery, director of strategic development at Euro NCAP, told The Sunday Times newspaper: “The overuse of touchscreens is an industry-wide problem, with almost every vehicle-maker moving key controls onto central touchscreens, obliging drivers to take their eyes off the road and raising the risk of distraction crashes.



“New Euro NCAP tests due in 2026 will encourage manufacturers to use separate, physical controls for basic functions in an intuitive manner, limiting eyes-off-road time and therefore promoting safer driving.”



Under the new rating scheme, which is due to come into force from January 2026, manufacturers won’t be able to achieve the highest safety ratings if they don’t provide proper, physical switches for certain functions including indicators, hazard lights, sounding the horn, operating windscreen wipers and activating the eCall SOS function.

All I can say is thank you EuroNcap!

Read the full article here: etsc.eu/cars-will-need-buttons-not-just-touchscree…

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