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Originally Posted by robchalmers
I'm absolutely stunned by talk of standardised placement of controls on cars.
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Huh? Maybe it's different on your side of the pond, but every car I've seen since - oh, the mid-70s? - has had all the important controls in a standardized layout: steering wheel in front of you, ignition switch on the right side of the steering column, with lock-acc-on-start positions. Headlight, dimmer (not that many people know how to use that these days :-(), and turn signals on a stalk to the left, wiper &c likewise on the right... Likewise shift lever on a console between the seats. Manual or handicap-equipped, you move it to the middle for neutral.