Didn't You Always Want To Be A Test Driver? This Would Be Your Cubicle

by Bertel Schmitt

May 23rd, 2012 12:14 PM

didn t you always want to be a test driver this would be your cubicle

Imagine barreling down the road in a hot prototype. Now you don’t have to imagine anymore, because these pictures, taken on the first day of the annual conference of the Japan chapter of the SAE, show you in graphic detail what your workplace would look like. Like a mess.

You would be surrounded by a maze of wires. Your stick shift would be encased in something that makes a chastity belt look like a piece of lingerie. In the next turn, the laptop will smash into your head.

Stay clear from any pedestrians, because with these things on your wheels, you will drag a pedestrian a long, long way.

Do you still want to be a professional test driver? Kyowa, the company that outfits vehicular torture chambers the world over, will be happy to be of service.

#BertelSchmitt #Japan #JSAE

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Icemilkcoffee on May 23, 2012

What is up with the double steering wheels?

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- Greg Locock on May 27, 2012
  
  That's so you can measure steering wheel torque and and angle independent of the car's electronics. It also lets you fit a steering robot easily. That's not as fancy as it sounds, just a belt and a pulley and an electric motor.
  
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AKADriver on May 24, 2012

At least you get a really nice white-stitched Nardi Classico.

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