Yeah but who's going to teach the youngsters how to operate buttons and flick switches? 🤔
Certainly not driving instructors it would seem. My eldest Grandson is currently learning how to drive. His instructor has a car with keyless ignition. His parents bought him a car with an ignition key. When he stalled it he hadn't got a clue what to do as there was no button to push!
Look at the recent updates to Tesla models, and some others now have indicators on the wheel spokes which means you have to chase the rim to find them which can be a problem in A finding them and secondly working out which one to touch when the wheel is inverted.
Again it seems that function is giving way to gimmicks which in no way assist with road safety.
And I thought I was the only one to moan about the size of indicators on some cars especially small cars. In some cases when on a roundabout you cannot see the indicator until the car is nearly on top of you.
It isn't just small cars though, many larger models have almost invisible indicators. Remember the VW Passat with its circular brake lights with the orange indicator in the middle which as good as disappeared when the brakes were applied.
Has anyone ever followed an Audi in particular with it's rear fog lights on. They are like laser beams and very uncomfortable to anyone following and they mask both brakes and indicators. A very poor design.
And, there you go, some of these design weaknesses are exacerbated by poor driver habits. Why switch on rear fog lights when it gets foggy when there is already a vehicle behind you?
As a professional driver and driver trainer I always put the indicator on before braking so that the risk of the indicators being masked by the brakes is reduced. Actually being aware of the shortcomings of a vehicle can help reduce the effect of those shortcomings but, that would involve a bit of learning and common sense which as already said is in short supply these days.