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‘It’s madness’: Safety fears prompt calls to bring back buttons on car dashboards

Road safety groups say touchscreen menus can demand up to 11 taps and six seconds of visual attention, raising crash risk.

Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.

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‘It’s madness’: Safety fears prompt calls to bring back buttons on car dashboards

Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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