No, most roundabouts here replace tiny intersections. Wheel is upside down when driving through it. Stalk is easy and safe, yoke is a joke. I bet Elon never tested it in the EU.
I make quick turns in other places too, say turning sharp left at a tight intersection - turning the wheel more than 90° - then making an immediate fast right into a gas station. With the turn signal stalk your hands are already moving clockwise as the left turn unwinds so it's simple to engage the stalk to indicate the right turn as you pass by it, brush by it to indicate once or sweep it fully with the finger to keep it active. You'd have to be very accurate to engage the yoke button with the yoke turned over. Plus you don't really have a lot of time to hold the haptic button as the whole maneuver is split-second.
Making a second quick left turn after a left turn is unwinding is tricky with the stalk. The stalk self-cancels and you have to reengage it in the opposite direction to the way the wheel is turning - because the wheel is unwinding clockwise just before you want to turn again to the left. I can't picture doing this with the yoke, but since the yoke signal self-cancels too it probably would have to be relandmarked and reapplied with the same need to be accurately placed.
Those comparing to indicating turns with a motorcycle's buttons are silly. Your hands are in the same spot all the time on a bike and the turning is minimal. No comparison. Same for comparing to a racecar (or airplane), where the use for a street car is totally different.
Some people say pressing the haptic button is not always successful, you need a certain stabbing motion. I'm sure you'd get used to it, but it's too bad it's not a physical moving button really. Having to hold the haptic button down to engage it for continuous flashing, sounds like it takes longer than slamming a turn stalk into full engaged, anyone compared the two as to which is quicker?
In the very cold climates you
have to wear gloves to drive. Heated steering wheels are nice for the palms but not enough for the hands and fingers until the cabin is warm. Will be interesting to see if haptic touch buttons work with typical winter gloves. Yes, there are workarounds, pre-heat the car if you have time, get special touchscreen gloves perhaps. Do haptic buttons work with very cold fingers? Some people I know are unable to activate touchscreens with their fingers (see Zombie Fingers), would that be a problem for haptic buttons?
