<story><title>Federal investigators blast Tesla, call for stricter safety standards</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/03/federal-investigators-blast-tesla-call-for-stricter-safety-standads/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ipsocannibal</author><text>Having driven a Model Y and a Model 3 I can say that until Tesla removes that huge ass distraction magnet touchscreen from their vehicles I won&amp;#x27;t buy one.  In order to determine anything about the status of the vehicle or change a setting you have to train all of your attention off of the road and onto an overly complicated cellphone interface.  Autopliot is an optional feature, that damn tablet is not.  Adding a simple HUD that comes standard on most Mazda&amp;#x27;s would be a huge improvement in safety.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>moduspol</author><text>Does this need to be in literally every thread about Tesla?&lt;p&gt;Is there any evidence at all that this is the impairment of safety opponents claim? Model 3s have been sold in large numbers since 2018. Are drivers crashing into other cars at higher rates? Or are we just going to keep beating this dead horse?</text></comment>
<story><title>Federal investigators blast Tesla, call for stricter safety standards</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/03/federal-investigators-blast-tesla-call-for-stricter-safety-standads/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ipsocannibal</author><text>Having driven a Model Y and a Model 3 I can say that until Tesla removes that huge ass distraction magnet touchscreen from their vehicles I won&amp;#x27;t buy one.  In order to determine anything about the status of the vehicle or change a setting you have to train all of your attention off of the road and onto an overly complicated cellphone interface.  Autopliot is an optional feature, that damn tablet is not.  Adding a simple HUD that comes standard on most Mazda&amp;#x27;s would be a huge improvement in safety.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>airhead969</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s something to be said for manual switches and gauges.&lt;p&gt;Another case in point: F-35.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please swipe up and to the left to apply the brakes or draw a peace symbol if you&amp;#x27;d like to eject instead of dying.&lt;/i&gt; - megacorp UX of the future</text></comment>