@!sinner69! 496641 wrote:
I change position all the time, but mostly I have front of the seat tilted down to avoid blocking of the body circulation and to get my heels well planted to the floor, that result also in a more up-right driving position that makes you more on a alert when driving. Most pro-drivers I know that have problems in staying alert often have lean back driving-position. You are not on the road to get rest but to drive. Relaxing you do in the passenger seat or in a bed. By changing my driving position I have no troubles driving the 4,5 hours I am allowed by the driving-rest regulations…..
yes, for this reason I leave the seat at vertical or similar but not quite like “granny lady” driving position – in England there is not much good public transport for the older generation, so many pensioners still drive their private cars until well into their 70s and beyond (unless the traffic authority stops them on medical grounds). I tend to get the position where I can push the clutch down then back 1 or 2 clicks on the horizontal bit.
I think nowadays vehicle manufacturers realise that the world is multicultural and make cars to fit all kinds of people. My late father was 1.60m and his first car was an Austin mini, but he found some devices to attach to the pedals to raise them and also sat on a cushion as the seats in them days didn’t have adjustable height :laugh_at: After that he always bought either Japanese or Italian or French cars as they were right sized for short people (in the hotter Southern European countries people are also shorter). My sister is 1.55m tall and drives a Toyota Yaris without any problems…
