Eli5 why driving on one side of a car is more practical than driving in the middle of one. Surely, the middle gives you better spacial awareness but things like the Monza SP1 exist and you still sit on one side of the vehicle
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Not gonna lie, it feels like everyone here is trying to come up with reasons to give an answer… but really they all just come across as “well, because we’ve always done it that way and it wouldnt make sense to do it any other way”. Any argument for positives about “inside” turns or “visibility” has an equal and opposite negative on the other side! Lol. Just admit that we damn well could put the seat in the middle, but then we couldn’t fit a passenger to ride shotgun (like in the good ol days with wagons and carriages). It turns out it also prevents reducing the amount of people you can fit in the car. Literally the only benefit I can see it providing from a pure driving standpoint is the increased visibility when driving on a two lane road. It’s probably better to have as much visibility as possible closest to the object going 45mph *past* you only a few feet away from your car.
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