Re: Touchscreen too far..
I think voice has a part to play here. In my car, I can press a button on the steering wheel (which I can find by feel, so no need to take eyes off road), and I can set the climate control temperature, select a CD in the changer, change track, retune the radio, control the sat nav, make and receive telephone calls (I can say the number, no need to already be in the phone book) and more. This is a car from 2006, so it's not new technology. Even back then, it was a £250 option, so it isn't expensive at all (if list price for the option is £250, it probably cost about £50 to make).
I find that in traffic, coming up behind a big smoky diesel and being able to turn the air recirculation on simply by moving my left thumb about 1cm, pressing a button and saying "recirc" to be even safer than having a button on the dashboard that relies on muscle memory.
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