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Digital speedometers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works to c/cars@lemmy.world

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My last car was made in 2008 and now I'm looking at the market for the first time in 15 years and it is strange and frightening to me. What's up with the digital displays on everything? The rentals I've been driving don't even have the option of showing a picture of a normal speedometer - they will only show the speed in digits. I find that while I'm driving, all I notice is "there are two digits, and the one on the right flashes often." That's true whether I'm going 15 or 75. Actually reading the speed requires conscious attention and distracts me from watching the road. I hate it. I never had to do that with a normal speedometer - my brain just subconsciously tracked where the arrow was. Is this something I'll get used to? Or should I buy an older used car without a digital display? Right now it's annoying enough that I'm thinking of doing that.

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[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting, it’s completely opposite for me. I understand the number as it is written, but it always takes extra cognitive load to convert the needle position into number.

[–] CorvusCornix@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

This has been my experience as well. I'm actually a little disappointed when a car maker goes to the trouble of putting in a fully digital instrument cluster and then just use it to display... two dials, with no other options. Ideally they'd all include at least 1 more conventional-looking option and then some fancier ones.