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Old 11-01-2020, 10:49 AM   #494 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
This is for those who disparage the 'Paris dressmaker' aspect of producing a marketable vehicle.
In the video at the 7:30 mark, why hasn't any auto-maker done similar for Right & Left hand driver sides?

I can picture a center hub with an armature to the steering wheel that can be rotated R&L, so if in France it's one way, in England another way.

Pedals could slide on a rail and follow along.

Gear shift stays in the middle.

Vehicle would have to have headroom (windshield) clearance for arm to swing, or have a Jeep-like folding windshield, or be a convertible.

Yea, guess it's more complex once one thinks about.

Will be easier to do on drive by wire vehicles with automatics and or electric cars though.

Probably a null issue with autonomous vehicles anyway.
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