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Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches

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Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches

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Post by muststopmyths »

solatic wrote: post #86
abitlegacy wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you store a weapon in the area where police are expecting you to reach for and instead store your license and registration to one of the spots where police are trained to prevent people from reaching into because of the fear of storing a weapon there. I also hope that you either live in a state where there aren't any CCW permits required or that you have a CCW permit (which during my class, they went on and on abo…

Presumably OP could warn the cop before opening the glove box that they have a gun there, so that the cop expects it instead of being startled by it.

yeah, that worked so well for Philando Castile.

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Post by mormegil »

spyke112 wrote: post #195
alias_neo wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does this work in a plain-old car with child locks set on the rear doors? My children had opened the doors while the car was moving at least once before I had to use the child locks; now, as far as I can tell, nobody is getting out of the back doors unless they're opened from the outside.

Maybe they disable if an airbag is triggered? Could also be the child lock requires constant current, so that it’s off by default?

Maybe on some supermodern cars (which probably won't open at all after the crash breaks a few computers in there). But in all cars I have owned, the safety switch was mechanical, not electronic. If it's working, you can lower the window and open from the outside. But generally, children old enough to be able to take care of themselves in a car accident should probably have the safety unlocked already.

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Post by a_square_peg »

That's not entirely true. There is a SW / mechanical/ test & integration team somewhere who was employed due to this feature that I'm sure very much appreciated this feature. There is a product manager who got to add a line item to their list of accomplishments and a sales team lead show get to draft instructional material to all the dealers, again justifying his existence.

... which is to say, this is all very horrible.

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Post by dottedmag »

bmitc wrote: post #198
MrFoof wrote: post #89

GM also has electronic primary door release mechanisms in their vehicles. So if the car has no power, you can’t open the doors from inside. Granted, because of regulatory requirements there is STILL A MANUAL RELEASE… on the floor, near the chassis sill (and might be driver-seat only). So you save money going to electronic releases, but still have to put a manual one in anyways. The glovebox is merely annoying (though…

I am very surprised the regulations are not more stringent than that. Requiring a manual door release on every door should be the bare minimum.

Current regulations weren't written when this was feasible. Regulators are always playing catch-up game.

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Post by eps »

BizarreByte wrote: post #8

I don't want touch screens in cars period and I can't stand this trend of using them. I'm finally starting to understand the feelings my grandfather had for anything thing he considered superfluous or inconvenient in a car.

Touchscreens are the best option for nav - both for manual address entry and the map navigation, zooming, etc.

This is a really good UX match, but they should've stopped there for sure.

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Post by tomcam »

Eavolution wrote: post #194
someweirdperson wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> whisker controls Tried a quick search and couldn't find it. Is it like the scoll wheel on a mouse? Would be nice to have those on the steering wheel instead of up/down buttons.

Aye my skoda has a touch screen but I rarely use it (2016 model with touch screen and proper buttons, not the horrific current design of xbox style touch buttons) because I have 2 scroll wheels (volume and screen between the rev counter and speedo control), buttons to skip back and forward music, button for voice assistant, and a phone button. Its the best design out there I'm convinced.

TIL Skoda was manufacturing cars at least until 2016. I’m now that much more nervous about driving.

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Post by mmis1000 »

Aerroon wrote: post #150
BizarreByte wrote: post #8

I don't want touch screens in cars period and I can't stand this trend of using them. I'm finally starting to understand the feelings my grandfather had for anything thing he considered superfluous or inconvenient in a car.

I thought we banned using cellphones while driving. Isn't a touch screen interface on a car basically the same as issuing a cellphone?

No, even worse. You can take phone to the front of your face. So you may still be able to peek the road depends on situation. But a damn touch screen fixed to the car itself? Enjoy your car accident.

The last thing I want to do when driving a car is turn my head away from the road.

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Post by cheschire »

bmitc wrote: post #198
MrFoof wrote: post #89

GM also has electronic primary door release mechanisms in their vehicles. So if the car has no power, you can’t open the doors from inside. Granted, because of regulatory requirements there is STILL A MANUAL RELEASE… on the floor, near the chassis sill (and might be driver-seat only). So you save money going to electronic releases, but still have to put a manual one in anyways. The glovebox is merely annoying (though…

I am very surprised the regulations are not more stringent than that. Requiring a manual door release on every door should be the bare minimum.

At a height that is reachable by anyone with the myriad of disabilities that would prevent you from being able to lean down and search the floor near your seat in the middle of the night on an unlit road. Not even bringing in damage to the car.

Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches

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Post by DoneWithAllThat »

leogout wrote: post #182

I understand that this is a rant about a niche feature but you know what we really should stop doing right now? We should stop producing giant piles of metal with four weels weighting more than 2 or 3 tons. No matter what stupid options they have, SUVs and big cars and trucks are a total nonsense. Sadly they are slowly becoming the norm. We should keep our vehicles under a ton so that we stop wasting so much of our p…

Of course the /r/fuckcars denizens have to get their licks in on every single online conversation about personal vehicles.

Cars aren’t going away.

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