Weren't those called "necking (k)nobs" so you could put one arm around
yo lady and steer with one hand on the knob?
--R
OK Don wrote:
Remember the knobs on the steering wheels before power steering? Much the
same effect as a spike. No effect on driving behavior.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote:
Curt Raymond wrote:
I think the exposure (and the feeling of exposure while riding) makes you
a better driver...
Some auto writer, I think it was Patrick Bedard, suggested that you could
decrease automotive deaths and greatly decrease crashes if you mandated a
steel spike in the center of the steering wheel instead of an airbag.
Looking at your own impending doom would tend to make one drive more
carefully.
He was basing the idea on risk compensation, which I think motorists do
engage in. Drivers have a certain tolerance for risk. If you lower their
perception of risk through safety improvements to the car, they will
compensate by decreasing the safety of their driving to bring the total risk
back up to their comfort ceiling.
The spike in the steering wheel would be a bitch if somebody ran a red
light in front of you. You'd get spiked and they probably would not.
Mitch.
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