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| 1064.1 | Weird looking thing | VOGON::MORGAN | Capt. Fabby Face | Fri Mar 13 1992 01:47 | 17 |
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Have we all seen Tomorrows Wordl/National Press advertising the fact
tha Saab have just/are about to introdcue a car with no steering wheel
?.
Instead there is a joy-stick contraption that is linked to the speed of
the car. At slow speeds you pull the stick to one side and the wheels
turn as per normal. Do the same at 60 m.p.h and the wheels only turn a
fraction. The indicator etc. stalk is located in the drivers dool panel
- forward for left, back for right etc.
No obstruction in front of the driver - the logic being that in a head
on crash a large percentage of accidents are caused by driver contact
with the steering wheel. Of course it's got an airbag.
Rich
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| 1064.2 | Not before 2000. | BIS1::BHD161::HARRISON | International Band Of Smugglers | Fri Mar 13 1992 12:17 | 11 |
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re: .1
I saw TW, but they said that this was a research project and there
would NOT be any production cars using that (particular) technology
on the road this century.
Of course, there may be another group doing steer-by-wire.
Mike H.
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| 1064.3 | :-) | WELLIN::NISBET | Sunrise, the colour frontier | Fri Mar 13 1992 15:49 | 15 |
| <<< Note 1064.1 by VOGON::MORGAN "Capt. Fabby Face" >>>
-< Weird looking thing >-
[ ... ] The indicator etc. stalk is located in the drivers dool panel
- forward for left, back for right etc.
um.... what other directions do you want to go?
Rich
Dougie
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| 1064.4 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Nubile Arrow | Fri Mar 13 1992 16:09 | 4 |
| Sounds like a bloody stupid idea to me. It also sounds about right to
catch you in the knackers...
Laurie.
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| 1064.5 | ??? | BLKPUD::WILLIAMSH | | Fri Mar 13 1992 16:19 | 8 |
| RE .4
Err.. the joystick was located in the centre of the car, where the gear
stick usually is
So I can only deduce you drive a car in a very stange way!!!!
Huw.
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| 1064.6 | | UPROAR::EVANSG | Gwyn Evans @ IME - Open DECtrade | Fri Mar 13 1992 16:22 | 7 |
| Re.4:
It sound's more like the offset joystick used in the Airbus, etc,
although that would mean that you'd have to use only one hand for
steering, so no opening the window as you're approaching a toll-booth
unless you've got electric windows, etc...
No, it still sounds like a daft idea to me too...
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| 1064.7 | Driving on the wrong side of the road. | LARVAE::DRSD17::GALVIN | Don't follow me I'm lost too!!! | Fri Mar 13 1992 16:48 | 8 |
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There would be one good thing about it, i.e. if the joy stick is
situated in the middle of the car, then with some additional controls,
the car could be driven from either of the front seat, thus aleviating
the problem we Brits have when we have to drive on the wrong side of
the road like all our ECC cousins ( et al ).
Steven
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| 1064.8 | | NEWOA::MACMILLAN | So many V****s, so little time | Fri Mar 13 1992 17:31 | 5 |
| re .7
Yes, but then we'd all have to become left handed :-)
Rob
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| 1064.9 | I am :-) | LARVAE::DRSD17::GALVIN | Don't follow me I'm lost too!!! | Fri Mar 13 1992 20:15 | 0
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