Car 製造者s with most distracting touchscreens 明らかにする／漏らすd as drivers and safety 団体／死体s say they want more buttons in 乗り物s

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Nine in ten drivers have 勧めるd car 製造者s to 溝へはまらせる／不時着する the 最新の wave of 極端に 混乱させるing and distracting touchscreen systems in new モーターs, calling for them to take a step 支援する in time by bringing 支援する buttons and switches on dashboards.

It comes as three in five 投票d said they have been distracted by an infotainment 陳列する，発揮する while trying to 運動.?

There have been growing 関心s that the 最近の 転換 to larger 審査するs with 集まりs of sub menus and 複雑にするd 支配（する）／統制するs are not intuitive for 運転者s to operate on the move, therefore becoming an 増加するing safety 危険.

And a new 実験（する） by a 主要な モーターing 消費者 肩書を与える has 実験（する）d and 明らかにする／漏らすd which brands have the best and - more importantly - worst touchscreen 体制／機構s that are difficult to navigate for drivers.

* Scroll 負かす／撃墜する to see how the brand of car you own 率s for how distracting its infotainment systems are to use.?

The new 報告（する）／憶測 by What Car? has 設立する that the 広大な 大多数 of Britain's drivers want to be いっそう少なく reliant on these touchscreens, preferring cabins with more switches.

In a 調査する of 1,428 drivers, it 設立する that 89 per cent prefer having physical buttons, knobs and dials in their cars over touchscreen systems that can be fidgety, time-消費するing and いつかs infuriating to operate - 特に when on the move and trying to concentrate on the road ahead.

The 投票 設立する that 製造業者's fixation with fitting their 最新の models with 複雑にするd iPad-style gadgets is becoming a major turn-off for car 買い手s.

Three in five (60 per cent) said they would be put off 購入（する）ing a model that didn't have 伝統的な buttons and switches on the dashboard and relied ひどく on touchscreen 支配（する）／統制するs.

In contrast, just 8 per cent said they would be more attracted to a モーター with a 完全に uncluttered 操縦室 with almost all the 機能（する）／行事s adjustable 経由で a flashy touchscreen system.

Worryingly, 60 per cent of the UK 運転者s 調査するd said they have been?distracted from 安全な 運動ing while operating in-car 支配（する）／統制するs - although What Car? points out that these distractions are not?限られた／立憲的な 単独で to touchscreen interfaces, which are used by more than one-in-seven drivers.

When 回答者／被告s were asked why they preferred using buttons to touchscreens, safety and not having to take their 注目する，もくろむs off the road were 特記する／引用するd as the main 推論する／理由s.

関係者s in the 熟考する／考慮する said using touchscreens took longer, while some 設立する it difficult to 圧力（をかける） the 権利 icons while 運動ing.

Which brands have the most distracting touchscreens?

To see which car 製造者s have the best and worst 操縦室s ーに関して／ーの点でs of distraction level, What Car? 実験（する）d 存在するing infotainment systems from 21 different brands.

実験（する）s were carried out under controlled 条件s on a 実験（する） 跡をつける and used 前進するd 注目する，もくろむ 跡をつけるing 科学（工学）技術 from Tobii to 手段 how long a driver's 注目する，もくろむs were off the road while 成し遂げるing three ありふれた 仕事s: changing a 無線で通信する 駅／配置する; setting a sat-nav 目的地; and adjusting the 内部の 気温.?

And it 設立する that, 一般に, those with touchscreen-led interfaces and 限られた／立憲的な 発言する／表明する 支配（する）／統制する systems were far more distracting and time-消費するing to use while 運動ing - while those with physical 支配（する）／統制するs or high-質 発言する／表明する 支配（する）／統制する systems were much simpler to operate while 存在 able to concentrate on the road ahead.

The iDrive 8 system in the 最新の BMW 5 Series 達成するd the highest 全体にわたる 得点する／非難する／２０ of 87 per cent in the 実験（する）.

Its 最高の，を越す 得点する／非難する／２０ （機の）カム thanks to its responsive 発言する／表明する 支配（する）／統制する system and intuitive rotary dial?監査役, which means drivers can make changes to the ca r's infotainment settings without having to look away from the road, resulting in 極小の driver distraction.

Renault's OpenR system - 実験（する）d in the new Austral SUV - was の近くに behind with an 全体にわたる 得点する／非難する／２０ of 83 per cent, followed by the Volvo's Google-based system, 診察するd in an XC60.

In contrast, the Interlink infotainment system in the Vauxhall Corsa finished 底（に届く） in the 最高位のs, with a 得点する／非難する／２０ of just 22 per cent.

It 得点する／非難する／２０d わずかに lower than Suzuki's touchscreen 体制／機構, with the one in its S-Cross 率d at?just 24 per cent.?

Both were downgraded by What Car? for 供給するing 限られた／立憲的な?functionality, and neither had 発言する／表明する 支配（する）／統制する systems that understand natural speech; instead, they 要求する the driver to remember 明確な／細部 命令（する）s.

The モーターing 肩書を与える's 消費者 editor Claire Evans said the 熟考する／考慮する 最高潮の場面s that car 製造者s need to consider plenty of 支配（する）／統制する 選択s - 含むing buttons and 発言する／表明する 命令（する） systems - to 供給する 平易な-to-use, いっそう少なく distracting infotainment and 空気／公表する-反対／詐欺 systems.

'The very best systems, such as BMW's iDrive, Renault's OpenR and Volvo's Google Built-in, give drivers a number of ways of 接近ing frequently used 機能（する）／行事s.

'In contrast, the touchscreen 操作／手術 of infotainment systems is 特に distracting if they are slow to 答える／応じる or hide frequently used 機能（する）／行事s in submenus that are fiddly and time-消費するing to navigate,' she said.

Car 製造者s will be penalised if they don't 供給する button 支配（する）／統制するs for simple 仕事s???

The 研究 comes in the wake of 独立した・無所属 car safety 団体／死体, Euro NCAP, 発表するing 計画（する）s to downgrade the safety ratings of cars that don't have physical buttons for controlling five 重要な 機能（する）／行事s.

From 1 January 2026, 乗り物s without physical hard buttons or switches for the 指示する人（物）s, hazard lights, horn, windscreen wipers and SOS 機能（する）／行事 will also receive lower 示すs in 衝突，墜落 実験（する）s.?

The growing 傾向 for 除去するing buttons and 追加するing more 支配（する）／統制する functionality to touchscreen s is said to be '土台を崩すing' the 禁止（する） on using a phone at the wheel, which since March 2022 will land 運転者s who touch their 装置 with six 刑罰，罰則 points on your licence and a £200 罰金 (and if, within two years of passing your 実験（する）, will cost you your licence) if caught by the police or 道端 cameras.?

For years, road safety 専門家s have been 警告 that the 最新の cars are 証明するing an ますます distracting danger.

Designers love the use of larger, high-鮮明度／定義 審査するs because it （疑いを）晴らすs the dashboard of - as they see it - unnecessary 'clutter' to create a clean, minimalist feel.

産業 bean-反対するs also prefer this 体制／機構 because it 削減（する）s costs by 除去するing switches and wiring in favour of an iPad-style dashboard run by downloadable ソフトウェア.?

The electric Tesla Model 3, for instance, doesn't have a 伝統的な 器具 cluster behind the steering wheel to tell drivers their 速度(を上げる）, remaining 殴打／砲列 範囲 and 衛星 航海 turn 指示／教授／教育s. Neither does it have a 長，率いる-up 陳列する，発揮する that beams this （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） の上に the windscreen so a driver can take-in the info without ちらりと見ることing away from the road.

Instead, owners must instead turn their 長，率いる to look at the 15.4-インチ landscape 陳列する，発揮する in the middle of the cabin.

This pales in comparison to Mercedes' biggest 審査する - called the Hyperscreen - which is 55.5 インチs wide and （期間が）わたるs the entire dashboard of its high-end electric models.

Volkswagen, which has come under 批評 as late for its below-par infotainment systems - 含むing slider 支配（する）／統制するs for the 気温 and 容積／容量 settings below the touchscreen that are not backlit, meaning they are incredibly difficult to 位置を示す at night - also continues to 転換 simple 支配（する）／統制するs into its (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する touchscreen systems.

The new ID.7 electric saloon does away with 従来の vents to blow hot and 冷淡な 空気／公表する に向かって 乗客s and instead the driver has to tap the 審査する to adjust the intensity and direction the flow of 空気／公表する is 分配するd.

Even Volvo, a brand that's been a byword for 乗り物 safety for １０年間s, is at it.

Its new EX30 EV 要求するs the driver to 圧力（をかける） through a sub-menu on the car's touchscreen just to adjust the electric mirrors and the 後部 window de-mister. Though it's 価値（がある） pointing out that What Car? 設立する the Volvo system even to use when making changes to the 無線で通信する, sat-nav and 気温 settings in its controlled 実験（する）.?

And not all car 製造者s are going in this direction.

Mazda has 選ぶd to keep 伝統的な 支配（する）／統制するs in its new models.

And it's the Japanese brand that is likely to 得点する／非難する／２０ best in Euro NCAP's new safety 実験（する）s in 2026.

Matthew Avery, director of 戦略の 開発 at Euro NCAP, told The Times earlier this month: 'The overuse of touchscreens is an 産業-wide problem, with almost every 乗り物-製造者 moving 重要な 支配（する）／統制するs の上に central touchscreens, 強いるing drivers to take their 注目する，もくろむs off the road and raising the 危険 of distraction 衝突，墜落s.

'New Euro NCAP 実験（する）s 予定 in 2026 will encourage 製造業者s to use separate, physical 支配（する）／統制するs for basic 機能（する）／行事s in an intuitive manner, 限界ing 注目する，もくろむs-off-road time and therefore 促進するing safer 運動ing.'?

Distraction an 増加するing 原因（となる） of road deaths

関心s about the wider use of touchscreens come in the wake of a 10 per cent spike road deaths in Britain.

In 2022, some 1,711 people lost their lives 予定 to 衝突，墜落s on our roads, up from 1,558 fatalities the year before, the Department for 輸送（する） 確認するd in its 最新の update. It said that the rise was 負かす／撃墜する to the return of normal traffic levels after the Covid pandemic.

専門家s said the rise partly been driven by 衝突，墜落s 原因（となる）d by drivers スピード違反 or 存在 impaired or distracted - all of which reached their highest levels seen in almost a １０年間 in a '冷気／寒がらせるing' 思い出の品 that more can be done to 抑制（する） Britain's road 死傷者 numbers.

So worried are 主要な モーターing 専門家s that the 問題／発行する was raised as a 事柄 of 関心 by trustees of the AA Charitable 信用 for Road Safety.?

AA 大統領 Edmund King?told This is Money: 'There's nothing wrong with having a touchscreen. But is should not be for 指示／教授／教育s which are 必須の to the driver - such as setting or adjust the mirrors or 活動させる／戦時編成するing the windscreen wipers.

'Such 支配（する）／統制するs need to be intuitive and not distracting. You should not have to go into a 審査する menu to find them.'

He 追加するd: 'A driver can adjust 支配（する）／統制するs on a knob or dial with their fingertips without taking their 注目する，もくろむs of the road ahead. It's intuitive.?

'That is not the 事例／患者 with a touchscreen. This is something we will be looking at その上の.'

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