driving courses Teachers tell their students about the structure of the vehicle.No matter what vehicle to manage the future of road users, "penny" or "Jaguar", the overall concept and production of the Soviet automobile industry, and the most prestigious foreign car remains the same.The engine, transmission, brakes, steering and other components are always present in the construction of any car.
pedals in the car are also located in the standard order: Left clutch, brake and right in the middle of the gas.This decision automakers around the world have come through more than a century of experience, it takes into account a variety of psychological and ergonomic factors.In the end, such an order accustomed to all, and to change it is not going to no one.The only difference is, for vehicles with automatic transmissions, they just do not have a clutch pedal.
But it was not always.At the dawn of the automotive system shift were varied and sometimes very uncomfortable.The first who really thought about the comfort of the driver, was a brilliant designer and entrepreneur Henry Ford.For the model "T", which became the world's first mass-produced car, it was designed by its own planetary gearbox, which became the prototype for all modern CIO.The pedals in the car Ford T, nicknamed "Tin Lizzy", perform functions that would lead to confusion of the modern driver.There were three.They all worked very differently than is customary today.
gas pedal in a car was missing.The fuel supply was regulated by the handle located below the steering column.Another three-position pedal, depending on how deeply you press, translated in neutral gear or set one of the two possible speeds for moving forward.Reverse includes a third pedal, it is, by the way, was badly needed when driving on the rise as the fuel supply is not allowed gravity to overcome it except by deploying the vehicle backwards (petrol simply ceased to act).The brake gear was, he was responsible for a third pedal.Engine braking - Ford's classic.But in the clutch squeezing designers "cans" just did not see the need for such a pedal in the car "Ford T" was not.
Today, in the XXI century, we can laugh at the naivete of the engineers of the last century.But if you estimate the amount produced (and sold!) Cars of model "T" Ford company, it can be gone hunting even smile.Fifteen million!Profits derived "Ford Motors" Only in 1925 was one hundred million dollars (then, not today).During the nineteen years (1908-1927), no one thought arises that the pedals are located in the car somehow wrong.Yes, and Henry Ford, being one of the richest men in the United States, basically went on the "tin" and even helped her fix when witnessed difficult situations encountered by poorer car owners on the road.
past decade.It was created many outstanding masterpieces of automotive engineering.Have become powerful engines and better brakes.Change pedal in the car, the location they became unified.But it was Ford's Model "T" translated the car from the category of luxury goods to the level of everyday vehicles.
