How the design of a BMW Motorcycle affects your App

Re:How the design of a BMW Motorcycle affects your App by jgrahamc on Monday August 17, 2009 @10:36AM (#768187)

When I first moved to the US I had this sudden fear that I was going to be unable to drive a US manual car because I figured that since the steering wheel was on the opposite side of the car, that the pedals would have been reversed.

Thank goodness they are exactly the same, but I do wonder how that piece of standardization came about.

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Re:How the design of a BMW Motorcycle affects your App by hybygvuy on Monday August 17, 2009 @03:25PM (#768861)

Gradually! Some classic Jaguars had the pedals switched - including the famous one in the Inspector Morse TV series which led to a few accidents on set.

Porsche also made some race cars with the accelerator on the left to make it quicker to do 'Le Mans starts' - where the driver must run to the car and start it.

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Re:How the design of a BMW Motorcycle affects your App by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @09:30AM (#770386)

Didn't they used to jump in, either over the side door or through a window, both feet would reach the footwell at about the same time; arguably from the angle of attack the right foot might be first to the pedals. I suspect it's more to do with gearbox placement or similar.

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