So what are you going to do when you have a hole in your touch screen from using it every time you start your truck.This seems like a lot of unnecessary effort to accomplish the same thing as one button press and one screen tap

A solution is 100% worth my time and money. You know there are people that button their shirts in just a certain way just to save time. The effort spent pushing 2 buttons (assuming it works the first time) is not negligible. You could argue you have nothing better to do though. I personally wait until the truck clicks at me since it rarely works right when I just stat the truck. Taking my focus off driving to find that little button on the touch screen is borderline enough for me to hit a pedestrian stepping into the road.