Which way should a throttle control work?

[RichardS]

It was said that a Velocette 500 single could break your leg.

A BSA Gold Star 500 single could do that - I bought a different bike from a man on crutches whose other bike was the Gold Star!

Richard

 

[trapezeartist]

And how do F1 drivers manage to avoid problems switching to left foot braking and hand clutch - or is the whole situation so different you automatically shift into a different mode?

I used to have an automatic car. My wife's was a manual. And I raced a kart with left-foot braking, hand clutch and push-pull gear lever. It just wasn't a problem, so I suppose as you say, each was an entirely different mode.

 

[Ruffles]

Someone once tried to explain to me how to drive a first world war Model-T ambulance.

Reading this I'm still none the wiser.

I would imagine driving a normal car afterwards is a recipe for disaster.

 

[snowleopard]

Someone once tried to explain to me how to drive a first world war Model-T ambulance.

Reading this I'm still none the wiser.

I would imagine driving a normal car afterwards is a recipe for disaster.

I believe Top Gear identified a 1920s Cadillac as the first with clutch-brake-throttle pedals in today's arrangement.

 

[prv]

I drove a bulldozer once in which the accelerator worked backwards - push down to slow down, lift off to speed up. The idea was that you'd be operating on max throttle most of the working day, pushing earth, and it would be tiring to have to hold the pedal down continuously.

The steering was a couple of tiny levers; the main hand controls were for "flying" the blade to cut a level stroke.

Apparently I was quite good for an untrained beginner

Pete