Why are the steering wheels of buses/trucks/lorries more or less angled horizontally instead of the angle seen in cars?

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Why are the steering wheels of buses/trucks/lorries more or less angled horizontally instead of the angle seen in cars?

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They aren’t all like that, but the ones that are is typically because the driver is sitting further forward/higher in comparison to the steering gearbox than the driver in a car does. Fewer joints to adjust the angle of the steering wheel leads to better responsiveness and fewer parts to break.

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