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Podcast: In Wheel Time Podcast: Your Go-To Automotive Talk Show
Episode: Buttons Beat Screens
Description: Touch a screen or tap a button? We take you straight into the dashboard debate reshaping car design as Euro NCAP updates its safety protocols to favor physical controls for core functions like turn signals, wipers, hazards, the horn, and SOS. We unpack why tactile interfaces reduce glance time, how human factors drive safer choices at highway speeds, and where minimalist interiors hit their limits when real drivers need fast, error-proof inputs.From Europe’s new rating criteria to China’s proposed rules mandating fixed buttons with minimum sizes, the global tide is turning. We explore how majo...