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Something I've always been curious about (Read 757 times)
Dec 6
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On left hand drive vehicles (like we have in the US), the pedals from left to right are clutch, brake, and gas. Is it the same in right hand drive vehicles (Uk, etc.), or is it reversed as well?
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DaveSims wrote
on Dec 6
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On left hand drive vehicles (like we have in the US), the pedals from left to right are clutch, brake, and gas. Is it the same in right hand drive vehicles (Uk, etc.), or is it reversed as well?
If it wasn't the same a lot of Brits would be in trouble when they visit the US. Same goes for you lot if you hire a car over here.
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Dec 6
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Hagar wrote
on Dec 6
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, 2009 at 7:34pm:
DaveSims wrote
on Dec 6
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, 2009 at 6:33pm:
On left hand drive vehicles (like we have in the US), the pedals from left to right are clutch, brake, and gas. Is it the same in right hand drive vehicles (Uk, etc.), or is it reversed as well?
If it wasn't the same a lot of Brits would be in trouble when they visit the US. Same goes for you lot if you hire a car over here.
That is why I asked, I think I could manage to drive from the "wrong"
side of the car, but if I hand the pedals backwards I'd never get out of the driveway.
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Dec 6
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DaveSims wrote
on Dec 6
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Hagar wrote
on Dec 6
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, 2009 at 7:34pm:
DaveSims wrote
on Dec 6
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, 2009 at 6:33pm:
On left hand drive vehicles (like we have in the US), the pedals from left to right are clutch, brake, and gas. Is it the same in right hand drive vehicles (Uk, etc.), or is it reversed as well?
If it wasn't the same a lot of Brits would be in trouble when they visit the US. Same goes for you lot if you hire a car over here.
That is why I asked, I think I could manage to drive from the "wrong"
side of the car,
Of course you could. My first visit to the US was the first time I drove an automatic. Two minutes instruction & I was let loose.
It wasn't the first time I'd driven from the wrong seat. My first car was left-hand drive.
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Dec 7
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When did this set up become standard? I know (but names and models escape me) that the set up was fairly random when cars first started to appear. I seem to remember an early Rolls that had the clutch in the middle??
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expat wrote
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, 2009 at 1:07am:
When did this set up become standard? I know (but names and models escape me) that the set up was fairly random when cars first started to appear. I seem to remember an early Rolls that had the clutch in the middle??
Matt
The Model T Ford had a very odd arrangement. Not sure when it was standardised.
"The Model T's transmission was controlled with three foot pedals and a lever that was mounted to the road side of the driver's seat. The throttle was controlled with a lever on the steering wheel. The left pedal was used to engage the gear. With the handbrake in either the mid position or fully forward and the pedal pressed and held forward the car entered low gear. When held in an intermediate position the car was in neutral, a state that could also be achieved by pulling the floor-mounted lever to an upright position. If the lever was pushed forward and the driver took his foot off the left pedal, the Model T entered high gear, but only when the handbrake lever was fully forward. The car could thus cruise without the driver having to press any of the pedals. There was no separate clutch pedal.
The middle pedal was used to engage reverse gear, and the right pedal operated the engine brake. The floor lever also controlled the parking brake, which was activated by pulling the lever all the way back. This doubled as an emergency brake."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T
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Hagar wrote
on Dec 7
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, 2009 at 4:27am:
expat wrote
on Dec 7
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, 2009 at 1:07am:
When did this set up become standard? I know (but names and models escape me) that the set up was fairly random when cars first started to appear. I seem to remember an early Rolls that had the clutch in the middle??
Matt
The Model T Ford had a very odd arrangement. Not sure when it was standardised.
"The Model T's transmission was controlled with three foot pedals and a lever that was mounted to the road side of the driver's seat. The throttle was controlled with a lever on the steering wheel. The left pedal was used to engage the gear. With the handbrake in either the mid position or fully forward and the pedal pressed and held forward the car entered low gear. When held in an intermediate position the car was in neutral, a state that could also be achieved by pulling the floor-mounted lever to an upright position. If the lever was pushed forward and the driver took his foot off the left pedal, the Model T entered high gear, but only when the handbrake lever was fully forward. The car could thus cruise without the driver having to press any of the pedals. There was no separate clutch pedal.
The middle pedal was used to engage reverse gear, and the right pedal operated the engine brake. The floor lever also controlled the parking brake, which was activated by pulling the lever all the way back. This doubled as an emergency brake."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T
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there was a bently with (from left to right) Clutch Accel Brake or maybe a foot gear change or something like that crazy stuff really
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Dec 7
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The 1927 Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls, with conventional clutch and brake pedals, throttle and gearshift. A hand-operated throttle lever was mounted on the steering wheel.
http://www.model-a.org/controls_adjustments.html
The 1925 Peugeot 172R had the accelerator pedal in the middle with the brake on the right.
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