I risked carpal tunnel syndrome by continually sawing the 17-inch steering wheel from side to side.
I giggled each time I wrapped my hands around the thin, 17-inch-diameter steering wheel, which seemed roughly the size of a manhole cover.
The main armor deck was three plates thick with a total thickness of 3 inches; over the steering gear the armor increased to 6.25 inches in two plates.
The third deck over the ships' machinery and magazine was armored with two layers of special treatment steel (STS) totaling 2 inches in thickness; the steering gear was protected by two layers of STS that totaled 3 inches on the flat and 4.5 inches on the slope.
The magazines had four-inch roofs and sides, with three-inch ends while the steering gear also had a four-inch roof, but only three-inch sides and ends.
It took Sue Barry thousands of trials and months of effort just to sense the few inches between her steering wheel and her dashboard.
Mean behavior change scores for participants sitting 10 12 inches from the steering wheel were significantly more likely among SOM-A (mean = .65, SD = .5) participants than those in SOM-B (mean = .29, SD = .5, p = .01) at first follow-up.
With regard to behavioral outcomes, we focused on always wearing a seatbelt, talking with a health care provider about driving ability, and sitting 10 12 inches from the steering wheel.
But, as this image shows, in the 2008 Prius it's located on the dash within inches of the steering wheel precisely to allow shifting without the hand leaving the wheel.
He put down a $3,000 payment on his own Mitsubishi Lancer GTS with 18-inch rims, power steering, and anti-lock brakes.
The thickness of the lower deck was only.75 inches except for a patch of 1.5 inches armour over the steering gear and another 2 inches thick over the engine cylinders.
