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Originally Posted by aigel

The handicapped argument is moot, most cars that have steering assist or self-driving features such as the Tesla already could be driven with a joystick or similar if programmed accordingly.

I am not too worried about this. This can be made reliable. This is a good article showing the reasoning and implementation. In a couple decades self driving cars will be the norm, so then nobody will care what steers it anyway.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a43350167/toyota-steer-by-wire/#:~:text=Toyota%20is%20not%20the%20first,the%20whe els%2C%20just%20some%20wiring.

It's not moot. There are plenty of people out there unable to turn a steering wheel but very capable of using a joystick. Of course, for those people there are lots of considerations beyond steering but steering is the biggest obstacle. Once removed, there may be other obstacles but a joystick addresses many of them.