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I'm quite happy as a passenger to play some games in tesla while on a road trip. Tesla's multi media center is a vision of phone-less experience in the car. I can see every day people swiping their phones, doing shopping while driving. In fact every 3rd 4th traffic light "sleeping" driver is due to the phone. How tesla games are that different from having a phone? Tesla at least doing some measures to prevent this. The order of problem of a phone with Tesla screen is not even comparable. And yes, FSD beta detects when you're on the phone.

Does any car manufacture or phone manufacture ( AppleCar android auto doing something to stop this )?

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My personal issue with this idea is that cars - presently, are driven by humans, and while we can look to the future, the present necessitates that we design by these standards.

Cars are methods of transportation (and even though I'm a car enthusiast, who enjoys driving) they should be driver focused. The center screen in a Tesla is where _all_ the information is available for the driver. There are no secondary gauges or other driver-specific controls or displays. The car, presently, should be oriented for the driver to pay the most attention to the vehicle, the road, and their surroundings.

If there's a display behind the driver, or solely on the passenger side of the vehicle out of sight and reach of the driver, then it can be presumed to operate for the passengers of the vehicle.

they split the screen when you're driving.

It doesn't matter. It's a totally unnecessary distraction for the driver. And, yes, there are other non driving-related distractions--both their phone and things like music (which has existed in some form forever)--but that's not a reason to add another. The passenger can use whatever entertainment they want that doesn't distract the driver. This is an absolutely stupid idea.

> The center screen in a Tesla is where _all_ the information is available for the driver. There are no secondary gauges or other driver-specific controls or displays.

That's not true for the S & X FYI, they have an instrument cluster.

> The car, presently, should be oriented for the driver to pay the most attention to the vehicle, the road, and their surroundings.

Games don't cover the psudo instrument cluster on the single-screen vehicles.

Even if they don't cover the instrument cluster or the pseudo cluster, the screen is the main interface for the driver. Even though the passenger may interact with the display, the mandatory functions of the car and even required secondary functions are built into the display and thus it would result in a primary usecase for the driver.

Drivers don't need more distracting nonsense in their main line-of-sight.

My main response was towards the 3 & Y, but the S & X still use the center display for secondary functions with the driver.

Then use your phone as a passenger. I have trouble seeing visual distractions unrelated to driving like games, videos, or books on the console as anything other than an "attractive nuisance."

Luckily you're not my driver :) They split the screen no issues with that, with me driving or my partner. If you don't like it don't use it.

large amount of cars mount phones in the car, with all the notifications, phone calls etc.. It's far, far bigger problem compares to a game that make sense only on a highway few times a year.

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