Carmakers Must Bring Back Physical Buttons, Says Europe

[DEAD7]

Carmakers Must Bring Back Physical Buttons, Says Europe​

Euro NCAP, the automotive safety industry body for Europe, is introducing new guidance for 2026 which means that five important tasks in every car will have to be performed by actual buttons instead of by accessing a screen. Indicators, hazard warning lights, windscreen wipers, horn, and SOS features will have to be controlled by proper switches in order for cars to be granted Euro NCAP's coveted five star safety rating.

"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," explained Matthew Avery, director of strategic development at Euro NCAP. "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." Although it won't be mandatory to comply with Euro NCAP's new rules, car makers that don't will lose valuable points in their safety ratings.

 

[DEAD7]

 

[the cac mamba]

turn signals, horn, and windshield wipers should definitely be manual, and not on a fukkin screen

 

[Matt504]

EU been doing the lord's work these past few years

 

[cheek100]

Bring back the clutch too

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

EU been doing the lord's work these past few years

This plus the USBc standardization

 

[Spidey Man]

EU been doing the lord's work these past few years

That USB-C standardization and getting Apple to open up iMessage are huge. Now we just need to get them to bush Musk

 

[Slim]

Great move. We already have enough distracted drivers on their phones.

I know it sounds but the fewer screens we have drivers looking at the better .

 

[ORDER_66]

Yeah why not everything in the infotainment screen is just stupid especially the climate controls looking at you german overengineering every thing...

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Good

 

[Spidey Man]

Yeah why not everything in the infotainment screen is just stupid especially the climate controls looking at you german overengineering every thing...

They created the monster. Might as well them fix their mistake

 

[ORDER_66]

They created the monster. Might as well them fix their mistake

Agreed every car company need to tone it down with all these screens