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Why the fuck do cars still have analog speedometers? Surely digital ones would be more accurate and much easier to read without looking away from the road for too long. (lemmy.world)
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Guys it's been 8 months. It was a bad take.

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[โ€“] derf82@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember in the late 90s or so a car came out with an all digital instrument cluster. It made the news when they would completely fail, leaving people to not know anything about their speed or anything else about their car.

A speedometer is more reliable and easy to read. Even so, several cars have them. Some even project your speed in the windshield as part of a heads up display.

[โ€“] mouth_brood@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know why this hasn't been universally adopted. I love my HUD,