New Tesla model s/x gear shifter(shift on screen) is unintuitive and dangerous. In a traditional car, or even model 3/Y. Gear shift is intuitive, can be confirmed by visual, muscle memory, sometimes audible as well. In the new Tesla model x/s, the shift happens on the side of the center screen. A thin but very long slide , going up from middle point vertically all the way goes to drive, going down to reverse. The problem is, sitting in driverâs position with your elbow sweeping up and down , especially such a long sweep perfectly needs extra attention. And it needs to be vertical, which is hard to do since the natural elbow motion make your hand movement curved. But in order to get engaged with gear successfully it needs to be perfectly straight. The worst part is, there is no redundancy to confirm your gear engagement except visual â by confirming a tiny text showing gear , on a different screen(cluster) , sometimes laggy response . While the traditional gear shift that people used to can be done by muscle memory , then confirmed by touch/feel, like crisp stalk click or shifter lever steady stuck in new gear , and audibles. You can always confirm by visual as well but itâs not always the case. This makes back and forth maneuvers in a time critical situation ( like parking parallels in a busy street) more stressful and much more room for fail to engage the gear you want. I had an minor incident due to fail to shift to drive , stuck at reverse then hit a parked