Automotive ergonomics
Subtitle: driver-vehicle interaction
By: [edited by] Nikolaos Gkikas
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439894255
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications; Automobile driving; Human-computer interaction; Human factors; Design and construction; Automobiles; Design; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical; Physiological aspects
Description: "The name of Karl Benz, one of the father figures in the automotive industry, is quoted more than once in this book. This is not only because of his undoubted contribution during the initial phase of developments, but also because of the contrast of expectations by key figures such as himself against the established beliefs and practices of today. Common perception of what the automobile is and whom it is addressed to was significantly different back then. From the very few who could afford and the handful of those skilled enough to control such machines, within a few decades we were led to the generalization of the automobile, first in the US, then in Europe and post-WWII Japan"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.