An information presentation system for presenting a time-variant information element in a vehicle, which has a steering wheel, the information presentation system comprising: - a tactile input means and a tactile output means, both of which are controlled by the information presentation system; - wherein the tactile output means comprises one or more remotely and individually controllable tactile output pads (1620, 1720, 1721, 1820), each of which is operable to produce a tactile sensation in response to a respective pad output signal, wherein the one or more pad output signals are produced by a controller (CTRL), and wherein the one or more tactile output pads are positioned or adapted to be positioned on the steering wheel or proximate to it, such that they can be touched by at least one hand (1610,1612) of the vehicle driver while driving the vehicle; - means for determining the time-variant information element to be presented and for applying the determined time-variant information element to the controller (CTRL); and - means for encoding the determined time-variant information element by the controller into temporal variations of the one or more pad output signals; - whereby the information presentation system is capable of presenting the time-variant information element to the driver via the tactile sensation; - wherein the tactile input means comprises at least one of: - one or more tactile input pads of which at least one is part of a bidirectional tactile pad (1800, 1800'), which also comprises one or more tactile output pads; and - one or more touch-sensitive areas (1400, A 1, A 2, A 3); - and wherein the information presentation system is configured to receive input from the vehicle driver via the tactile input means. - a tactile input means and a tactile output means, both of which are controlled by the information presentation system; - wherein the tactile output means comprises one or more remotely and individually controllable tactile output pads (1620, 1720, 1721, 1820), each of which is operable to produce a tactile sensation in response to a respective pad output signal, wherein the one or more pad output signals are produced by a controller (CTRL), and wherein the one or more tactile output pads are positioned or adapted to be positioned on the steering wheel or proximate to it, such that they can be touched by at least one hand (1610,1612) of the vehicle driver while driving the vehicle; - means for determining the time-variant information element to be presented and for applying the determined time-variant information element to the controller (CTRL); and - means for encoding the determined time-variant information element by the controller into temporal variations of the one or more pad output signals; - whereby the information presentation system is capable of presenting the time-variant information element to the driver via the tactile sensation; - wherein the tactile input means comprises at least one of: - one or more tactile input pads of which at least one is part of a bidirectional tactile pad (1800, 1800'), which also comprises one or more tactile output pads; and - one or more touch-sensitive areas (1400, A 1, A 2, A 3); - one or more tactile input pads of which at least one is part of a bidirectional tactile pad (1800, 1800'), which also comprises one or more tactile output pads; and - one or more touch-sensitive areas (1400, A 1, A 2, A 3); - and wherein the information presentation system is configured to receive input from the vehicle driver via the tactile input means.