Introduction: I have noticed that average people are clueless about ergonomics laws and don't understand that touchscreens in cars are uneasy and dangerous. I asked Grok AI to explain why.
Touch control screens in cars are becoming more common, but they’re a growing hazard. Unlike physical buttons or knobs, touchscreens require drivers to look away from the road. Studies show that taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds doubles the risk of a crash. With touchscreens, drivers often need more time to find and tap the right spot, pulling their focus from driving.
Physical controls, like buttons and dials, follow the laws of ergonomics. They let drivers operate them by feel, without glancing down. Research from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that tasks taking longer than 12 seconds to complete, common with touchscreens, significantly increase distraction. Physical controls are faster and instinctive, reducing mental and visual strain.
Common sense backs this up too. Imagine adjusting the heat or radio while driving. A knob can be turned blindly, but a touchscreen demands precision and attention. A 2021 study by the AAA Foundation showed drivers using touchscreens were distracted up to 50% longer than with physical controls. In high-speed situations, those extra seconds can be deadly.
Carmakers chasing sleek designs ignore this at our peril. Physical controls aren’t just nostalgic. They’re proven safer. Laws of ergonomics prioritize efficiency and intuition, not flashy gimmicks. Touchscreens might look modern, but they clash with how humans actually function behind the wheel.
Design experts have sounded the alarm. Automotive designer Frank Stephenson, known for the Mini Cooper, has called touchscreens “a step backward” for safety. Jony Ive, ex-Apple design chief, once stressed that interfaces should never compromise usability for aesthetics. Their warnings echo the data: cars need physical controls to keep drivers focused and roads safer.
It's been a while since I've made a post here, though I'm not lacking for comment responses and good discussions.
Lately, though, I've been irritated by the number of NPCs who are quoting Einstein's definition of insanity to me. You know the one: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."
Einstein was a patent thief, and a jew with a persistent mockery of scientific method.
The definition of insanity is far more simple than that one. And it's not even required to use one single definition; that's the trap. There is a good definition that stands above many others, and from which many others can be created that branch out from it.
Here's the REAL definition of insanity: "it's an inability to accept the Truth when it is presented to you, directly."
Using that definition, how many of the people you know, both right and left leaning, would fail the test of that definition?
For the sake of circumstances, I can present to you some further examples of the definition.
1. An inability to learn from a negative result, no matter how small (this one parallels Einstein's definition, but is much more focused).
2. The lack of mental progress in determining what resources one can use or learn to better himself or his environment at no cost to anyone or no competition with anyone, thus giving rise to all.
3. Staying solely in ONE place.
4. Desiring what is not impossible, but failing to earn or create it.
5. Conformity with those who are provably wrong.
Which of the above definitions suits your perspective and experience the best?
By no means am I suggesting that you accept anything that I am talking about here on face value. Test for yourself and determine the outcome. I only want to promote the discussion that leads to better circumstances for all of us.
You cant say he words "gun" or "weapon" in YouTube's comment section anymore people have started to replace those words with "force multiplier." And YouTube has started to age restrict videos with "gambling related content or appears to glamourize gambling and casinos." This all is obviously an attempt to crack down on channels like John E Hoover and channels that feature video game play footage and people dissing all the nickle and diming in video gaming.
I'd say Kash Patel needs to charge YouTube and Google with fraud but he's too busy taking it up his rear from Kristi Noem who's DHS is now attempting to censor and arrest anyone critical of Israel, critical of homosexual Russian Jews, and critical of Hindus.
