Timeline for Is it feasible that cars would be made with a central driving position?
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| 18 hours ago | comment | added | datacube | fully agree, though i could see the pro being a pro, if you have to constantly switch between left side and right side driving. E.g. if that would differ from city to city I would probably consider buying myself a "middle steerer". On the other hand, in a world where people have to constantly shift between driving sides, I would even more likely to try and stay away from the streets alltogether. Sounds really dangerous | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @NuclearHoagie I've never had serious interference, but I have once unintentionally struck a passenger that strayed into the zone around the stick shift (center-mounted stick.) | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Stef | Agree, but would replace 95% with 99.9% (0.1% is already more than one day every three years) | |
| yesterday | comment | added | QuestionablePresence | "For someone who regularly has to get in and out of the vehicle like a delivery driver, it'll make little sense to be unable to directly access the driver's seat without clambering to the center of the cab." There wouldn't be any passenger seats on at least the side of the sidewalk to begin with. And one extra step in an empty space isn't much of a hassle | |
| 2 days ago | history | edited | Nuclear Hoagie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| 2 days ago | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | @KerrAvon2055 A passenger has never interfered with my ability to operate the controls of a vehicle. To properly center the driver, you'll need an equivalent console/control space on either side of the driver between them and each passenger - if a passenger on the right doesn't interfere with the controls, a passenger on the left won't either (they're not asymmetrically sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with the driver). | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | Monty Wild♦ | Keep the centre seat and make it the only front seat. Booth operators have boxes/trays on a stick. Window winders are on the dashboard. Officers speak more loudly. Is this reason enough to overcome Tradition!? | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | KerrAvon2055 | Agree (+1), but also worth noting control issues. Even in a vehicle with only 2 bucket seats at the front it's not unusual in my experience for a passenger's arm to stray into the zone where the gearshift and handbrake are. Steering is unaffected, though, since the driver's door-side hand stays on the wheel at all times while the passenger-side hand changes gears, operates the handbrake, fiddles with A/C etc. With passengers on both sides there is no "safe" limb that may not be jostled at a critical moment - worse than driving and texting from a safety viewpoint. | |
| 2 days ago | history | answered | Nuclear Hoagie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |