No more screen! Button is safer in cars

European entity that regulates road safety is demanding that physical controls return to the interior of cars

Ergonomics and safety go hand in hand (Photomontage: Gabriel Fernandes | AutoPapo)
By Boris Feldman
Published on 2026-02-11 at 07:00 AM
Updated on 2026-02-11 at 07:25 AM

In the last decade, factories have exaggerated the presence of electronics in the automobile, which has come to be called a computer on wheels. And as a computer has a screen, they became gigantic in electric cars and absorbed all the functions of the old buttons and keys by touchscreen commands.

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Incredible as it may seem, even the adjustment of the exterior mirrors has to be done on the screen. And the ones that rotate on the dashboard? Is it to make it easier to read when the car rolls over?

As this excess began to harm the safety of car occupants, that European body that evaluates the safety of cars, Euro Ncap, decided to reduce points in the classification of these cars. And factories are turning safety commands to traditional buttons and keys.

Boris Feldman

Journalist and engineer with 50 years of experience in the automotive press. Led newspaper and television teams and hosts the AutoPapo program on radio stations across the country.

Boris Feldman
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