22nd February 2005, 3:44 PM
Loss of power-steering is definitely something that they would have address with a system like that. It's an interesting idea, and it does have some merits, but one thing I can think of that would be a downside is comfort. Do you really want to have you hand stretched out into the middle of the car for possibly hours on end? Also, what about us southpaws?
Sometimes you get the scorpion.