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without referring to the image labels. This is a poor design because the controls are placed on the side of the seat, which is not visible to users when they are driving. Thus, the user must go through many trial and error attempts to figure out which control moves the seat forward, backward, upright, or laying flatter. There are also many other additional buttons that are arbitrarily placed next to one another with no tactile
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