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Can you imagine a head on collision with a tiller instead of a wheel? Especially before seat belts became mandatory. And forget about an air bag in there. Mi
by Avernar 10y ago
Can you imagine a head on collision with a tiller instead of a wheel? Especially before seat belts became mandatory.
And forget about an air bag in there. Might as well put a bullet in there instead and finish off he driver before he impaled himself.
- Arizhel 10y agoI never said it really was superior, just that some people (living around 1900) thought so. Also, we're talking about how "intuitive" a user interface is here, not about the safety implications. It took many decades for cars to finally get airbags, collapsible steering columns, etc. It was quite routine for people to be impaled on steering columns until the late 20th century.
- Avernar 10y agoI wasn't arguing about superiority. It was just a though of what things would be like if it had gone the other way. Speaking of intuitive, a tiller on a car is only intuitive if you've used it on a boat. Pushing the lever in the opposite direction of where you want to go is counter-intuitive.
- technofiend 10y agoMy wife's favorite aunt lost her first husband to exactly that: he was impaled by a tiller. Gruesome.