Do you use the radio in you car? I do.

Same here. I love current affairs, news and chat when on the road and only resort to music if there's nothing of interest to me on the radio.

A car with no fm radio? I'd find it difficult. I have Gomo on my phone so data isn't an issue but that's more screens and apps to fiddle around with while driving.

That's very modern but I don't think you are allowed to call them that now. They can have all different genders and you should treat them with respect.

But back on topic. If they do away with radio, the first thing I'll do is ring Joe Duffy to complain.

The RSA doesn't do **** about how cars are built

Also learners don't use the radio or satnav, they're supposed to be listening to the instructor 😉

An alternative to disabling the speed and lane warnings is to drive below the speed limit and not change lanes without indicating 😜

FWIW, I do miss some physical buttons in my car, temperature, volume and next song would be enough IMO

Apparently the next set of European NCAP standards will push back on having too many functions controlled via the touchscreen

The issue is the functions that are done via the touchscreen aren't considered essential, you shouldn't mess around with the radio/AC/satnav unless it's safe to do so, regardless of whether they've buttons or not

VW is the same, but those wouldn't be considered essential functions when driving. Things like wipers and indicators are and that seems to be what NCAP are after

I assume this is on the back of Tesla moving functions like wipers to the touchscreen

Yeah this seems like a key fork in the argument

There's a decent case to be made that analog radios should be in cars for emergency broadcasting

However you could just as easily argue that putting them in phones would be more effective for reaching people (also, welcome back headphone jacks 😂)

The other fork to the argument is whether broadcast radio for entertainment has a future. This is a lot more dubious IMO with more creators moving to different methods of reaching their audience there just doesn't seem space for radio

Maybe it'll end up that there'll be a radio network maintained by RTE at taxpayer expense for essential broadcasting and the rest of the stations will die off

Alternatively, maybe ComReg will loosen up licensing and we'll get a bunch of semi pirate stations cropping up, which could be a bit of fun to see

I listen to Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252

I use the radio and play tapes in my car. I’ve a tape thing aswell that plugs into the ear Jack on a mini disc to play it through the speakers.
I mostly use the radio though.

Stuck in traffic on the A38 you need a radio.

To my generation, tranny = transistor radio! You must be of a more recent generation.

Funny this made me think of an article I read recently about driving in China

The reporter was visiting a convention, the convention organisers sent a car to their hotel and it took something like 30 mins to cover 8km

Keen minds might realise that's pretty slow, but apparently it's a status symbol over there to be driven around by one of the billion or so taxis they have, so driving remains popular despite the traffic

Over there, there's a lot of demand for in car entertainment. Big touchscreens with in car streaming, music and even karaoke systems

On the flip side, the concept of driving dynamics doesn't really compute over there. Doesn't matter if a car is quick or handles well if it just spends it's life in traffic jams

It's one of those things a lot of Western audiences hear and think "wtf???" But I guess it starts to make a bit more sense in context of their driving environment

Anyways, back onto the topic of radio...

They'd probably have gotten more traction with their campaign if they had emphasised the dangers of touchscreen controls that require the driver to take their eyes off the road.

Bring back the old school knobs and buttons please.

Or a Ford Transit

or if you're into pre-digital photography, a slide (transparency)

So you could have a tranny bring the trannies in their Tranny while listening to the tranny 😉