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The Turn Signal
Personal blog · theturnsignalblog.com/blogdesignbusiness
The Turn Signal is a personal blog at theturnsignalblog.com about design and business. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog for writing on automotive UX design, including Waymo's vehicle design and external human-machine interfaces (eHMIs) for self-driving cars.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Turn Signal is my personal blog about automotive UX design and covers topics from in-vehicle UX design to research and general trends in the car industry
Most-linked posts?
- The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-03-02
- The EHMI: How Autonomous Cars Will Communicate with the Outside World2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-18
- The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-06-22
- Driving a Porsche Taycan for a Week, a UX Review2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-17
What Hacker News says?
It may not say "stop" but it seems like they have something fairly close ("pull over") to that. https://www.theturnsignalblog.com/blog/waymo-design/
Comment linking /blog/waymo-design/
on “Waymo AV Freaked Out by Traffic Cones, Blocks Traffic, Evades Support Vehicles”Submitted The subtle art of designing physical controls for cars as a story · 369 points
HN discussionThere's a lot of research on possibilities here! eHMIs (external human-machine interfaces) are the term. https://www.theturnsignalblog.com/blog/ehmi/ https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/9/2912 It's unclear that there's a consensus on something that reliably works across cultural contexts, though - which, to be fair, is also a problem with human-human interactions!
Comment linking /blog/ehmi/
on “S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’”Submitted Apple's risky bet on CarPlay as a story · 293 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Citroën Ami and the future of urban transportation as a story · 98 points
HN discussionSubmitted A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted A UX Review of Peugeot's New Interior: Design Ambition Meets Software Reality as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why do new cars have speed limit warnings, and do they work? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem with Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Driving a Porsche Taycan for a Week, a UX Review as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Driving a Porsche Taycan for a Week, a UX Review as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Role of Cognitive Load in Automotive UX Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Swiping vs. Tapping, What Is Less Distracting to Drivers? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The EHMI: How Autonomous Cars Will Communicate with the Outside World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple and Google Are Taking over the In-Car User Experience as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative to Touch Interaction in Cars? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The State of UX Design of Chinese Car Brands as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Self-Driving Cars as a story · 1 points
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