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Old 10-11-18 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by madpogue
(Thread hijack alert) +1. Touch screens in moving vehicles never made sense to me. Love or hate the two "Car Talk" clowns, they are of the same mindset. They mentioned in one show that dashboard controls should be designed by Fisher-Price. That was at least 20 years ago, and the trend has gone exactly the wrong way ever since,
I loved them. May Tom Magliozzi rest in peace. I never heard that quote of theirs, and I agree strongly. When you're driving, you don't want your manual or visual dexterity to be stretched to the maximum. In fact, I have an idea for a consumer product (not a bike or car) that might be patentable, based on the Fisher Price idea. I might begin making it soon.
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