INSTRUMENT PANELS THAT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE IN MY CAR Stefano Pasini M.D., Ophthalmologist Dept. of Ophthalmology, ‘VillaToniolo’, Bologna, Italy 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

You cannot have every time a playground like this one….. 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

…more often than not, you’ll find yourself driving your car in a situation like this. Visual interfaces must NOT distract the driver from the road ahead! 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Lancaster Bomber ‘office’ 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Please avoid ‘videogame’-style instruments, especially for the speedometer 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Same time of the day, same illuminance, same point of view: which watch can you read better? 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Not very readable 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Actual instrument Simulation of the same instrument with a full-length needle in contrasting color A speedometer where a short needle travels on the outer ring of the dial does not have the readability of a similar instrument having a full-length needle. Bright colors improve color contrast and readability. What will it be easier to read, the actual instrument or the ‘modified’ one? 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

The three dials inside the main dial are distracting the driver’s attention from the main indication, speed 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Low-contrast interfaces can be dangerous even when related to secondary ICT. It is nearly impossible to read the light grey numerals and letters on this silver radio control panel either at day, dusk or night 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Deviation of the eyes towards a centrally-placed instrument binnacle will be more ample than would be necessary to check a conventionally-placed one 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

The glare of this display disrupts its readability The glare of this display disrupts its readability. The driver will therefore need more glances before he can understand the information he needs 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

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Example of the visualization of a white text on a black background. Contrast is optimal. A blue main beam warning light ¤ sticks out easily enough from the other symbols 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Example of the visualization of a red text on a black background. Contrast is excellent. A blue main beam ¤ warning light sticks out easily from the other symbols 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Visualization of a blue text on a black background. Contrast is not very good and the blue main beam warning light ¤ does NOT distinguish itself from the other symbols: it might be ignored by the visual system. Therefore the driver could more easily keep the main beam ON creating e real danger to oncoming motorists! 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

This is another stylish instrument panel that I would not like on my car, in this case mainly because of its blue illumination 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

The ‘Warrick principle’ about rotary controls: an operator moves a knob so that the part of it nearest to the display moves in the direction he is trying to move the display indicator (Warrick, 1947) 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

STEREOTYPES ‘We see what we know’ (Bruno Munari) 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

This is not a problem of the instrument panel, but it would be necessary to avoid all these harmful reflexes of the dashboard on the windscreen 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

A red needle on a red background does not seem to improve the readability of the rev counter of this high-performance 2+2 sports car 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

An example of a very clear, readable HUD that I would to see on every car 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

Perfectly clear: a paradigm of good design 02/01/2019 Dott. Stefano Pasini MD

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