DRIVING COMFORT.

Putaruru Press, 7 June 1928, Page 3

DRIVING COMFORT.

! HAKE OF STEERING COLUMN. I Adjustability in the matter of the arrangement of seating and controls |of cars is receiving attention nowadays in even cheap cars, and in a large number of makes it is no longer possible for the abnormally tall (or short driver to complain that he (cannot seat himself comfortably at the wheel. Adjustable seats, which can be moved to and fro for several inches, and in some cases can even be altered with regard to their angle With the floor of the car, brake and (dutch pedals, which can be moved Bearer to or farther away from the driver’s seat, and steering columns

the angle and length of which are adjustable, are all to be found on different makes of cars.

To the driver of average height, or within a couple of inches either way, it seems that the most necessary adjustments, however, are in the pitch of the steering column, and the length of the pedals. In a modern type of body, alteration of the seat will not alw3.ys be necessary, if the pedals are adjustable in this way, and some cars provide a means of quickly adjusting their brake and clutch pedals several inches, by the use of which the driver can make himself perfectly - comfortable. A slight readjustment of the angle of the steering column will also frequently have the effect of considerably improving the comfort and perfection of control of the car.