Why do busses, trucks have a nearly horizontal steering wheel compared to regular cars?
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Space in a bus or truck is for producing revenue, the operator is given as little space as is safe. I drove truck for 30+ years. The more upright position of the steering wheel takes up less length in the vehicle. The auto transport trucks I drove had the engine compartment partly inside the cab, we had the roofs cut down by 8 inches so a car would fit on top to not be too tall, and hang out the front past the front bumper, we did not have sleeper cabs as that would take up the space to haul one more car. The last rigs I drove could haul up to 12 cars. and were 75 feet long when empty and all the extendable ramps were pulled in.
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