22nd February 2005, 3:38 PM
Yeah I'll bet it won't control any better :D.
Ya know, there is an active goal to replace steering wheels in real cars with a joystick mounted where the gear shifter is sometimes placed, that is between the seats. The goal is safety, in two ways. One, the steering wheel is no longer the first thing your poor head needs to worry about hitting. It'll make it easier to design air bags and not as dangerous when the air bag fais. Two, control. By not needing to do full rotations to return to a central position, turning can occur far faster, meaning a lot less accidents. Since steering systems are very often not directly controlled by the wheel but rathe electronically controlled by it anyway, this won't be much of a departure. Also, most of the new drivers will be able to easily adapt for obvious reasons. The main issue is when power steering fails, what form of direct control will be there that one can use?
Ya know, there is an active goal to replace steering wheels in real cars with a joystick mounted where the gear shifter is sometimes placed, that is between the seats. The goal is safety, in two ways. One, the steering wheel is no longer the first thing your poor head needs to worry about hitting. It'll make it easier to design air bags and not as dangerous when the air bag fais. Two, control. By not needing to do full rotations to return to a central position, turning can occur far faster, meaning a lot less accidents. Since steering systems are very often not directly controlled by the wheel but rathe electronically controlled by it anyway, this won't be much of a departure. Also, most of the new drivers will be able to easily adapt for obvious reasons. The main issue is when power steering fails, what form of direct control will be there that one can use?
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