First off, that's quite a huge stretch of my argument, and not what I'm claiming. Second, I'm not even sure it would be safer to use an oxen and sled on a modern road in the city center.
Further, what you're describing isn't practical in the modern age. Tactile buttons in a car work, and they work well. You can reasonably feel out and press these buttons, knowing that you have pressed them by their audible or physical "click" feeling, without taking your eyes off the road.
With tablets, you have to look at the screen to 1. Find where a toggle button is, 2. Make sure you've pressed the right part of the screen.
Tablet UIs change from screen to screen, based on the context of what you're doing or whatever, but tactile buttons are fixed in place, encouraging muslcle memory and further reducing the attention that is diverted from the road.
Further, what you're describing isn't practical in the modern age. Tactile buttons in a car work, and they work well. You can reasonably feel out and press these buttons, knowing that you have pressed them by their audible or physical "click" feeling, without taking your eyes off the road.
With tablets, you have to look at the screen to 1. Find where a toggle button is, 2. Make sure you've pressed the right part of the screen.
Tablet UIs change from screen to screen, based on the context of what you're doing or whatever, but tactile buttons are fixed in place, encouraging muslcle memory and further reducing the attention that is diverted from the road.