In life, you can always find some strange things, such as no fish in the fish and meat shreds, no fried couples in the lungs of the husband and wife, not even a quail in the Mandarin duck hot pot, and no taste in the stocking milk tea... It wasn't until the truth of "sea cucumber fried rice" was bottomed out that the answer was "my name is sea cucumber".
But the co-pilot of the car does have a seat, but how to drive without a steering wheel? Refer to the figure below.
There is definitely no such design in the mass production car, which is a modification of the netizen spoof; the co-driver really has no driving function, especially the current mass production scooter; but the definition of the co-driver still has a historical background, in the early days of the popularity of the car, this means of transport is not as popular as now, the price of the vehicle is very high; people who can use the car as a commuting tool are not rich or expensive, so the owner often has to sit in the back seat, the front row is the special seat of the "groom", and the passengers will not sit side by side.
Before the popularization of the automobile, the carriage was like this, the groom sat in the front or even outside the carriage to catch the car, and the back was the carriage for riding.
Figure 1: Carriage
Figure 2: Early cars
The initial automobiles are mainly divided into two categories, the first is a well-evaluated electric vehicle, the second is regarded as a "not even as good as a horse-drawn carriage" fuel vehicle; the failure rate of the electric drive system is very low, the design of the vehicle does not need to be particularly complex, but in the electric drive of the energy storage device technology just before the breakthrough encountered World War I and World War II, supplementary energy to the convenient fuel vehicle instead became the mainstream.
However, the failure rate of the internal combustion locomotive is still very high, so high that it is not clear which trip will encounter the vehicle breakdown in the process, so the driver must also master a certain maintenance technology; and the maintenance of the vehicle is difficult for a person to get, so the initial fuel vehicle will often be combined by the driver and the co-pilot, the co-driver also has driving skills, but more as the driver's assistant to repair the car, while undertaking the task of opening and closing the rear door.
The popularity of the navigation system has not been many years, when there is no navigation, long-distance driving cars need to do the "itinerary" in advance, to familiarize themselves with the itinerary according to the map, observe the road signs during the trip and even check with the map immediately; such an operation will seriously affect the driving concentration, the driver can not operate in the driving, so this task also needs the co-driver to complete. Therefore, early professional drivers need assistants, and the role of co-pilot is that of assistants, including car maintenance, road observation, trip planning, navigation and attendants.
There is also such a setting in the current car rally, the task of the co-pilot is to navigate, so it is also called the navigator, which is a very important existence.
Today, cars have entered thousands of homes and become a common commuting tool, and there are also satellite navigation systems; the role of co-pilot has no role, so why retain the co-pilot's seat and this title?
Names can't be changed easily, like "cars."
The car should strictly be a motor vehicle equipped with a steam engine with an external combustion engine, with charcoal or fuel combustion to produce heat energy to "boil water", the water vapor produced by water boiling is converted into mechanical energy; water vapor will be "steamed" after evaporation, so it is called a car, after replacing the internal combustion engine, it will no longer be steamed, at this time it should be called "fuel vehicle", but in addition to the professional field, the average person also calls the internal combustion engine "car".
Now popular is the electric vehicle, the use of permanent magnet synchronous or asynchronous AC motor, the vehicle does not even have a transmission, does not rely on the heat generated by combustion to convert mechanical energy; the vehicle operation to achieve zero emissions, no water vapor and exhaust, but still called a car. A conventional name is not easy to change, and even if the passenger seat does not have its proper function, the name will not change again.
The passenger seat also has some reserved functions, such as helping the main driver to set navigation, which is still meaningful for non-intelligent cars; with the advancement of car drive technology, the average scooter is now faster and faster than the ultra-high-end cars of the past, so setting navigation even if it is simpler, there is still a considerable risk factor at higher speeds. Secondly, the co-pilot can help the main driver to complete some simple operations, can accompany the co-driver, and the side-by-side seat setting can also narrow the distance between people, and then close the distance between the heart and the heart. For example, when talking about the object, the girlfriend sits in the back row, and the chat may be quite cheerful after a long run, but after getting off the car, you may not even remember her appearance, who are you?!
The last role is to be used as a coach car, most models of co-pilot and main driver although separated by handrail box, but the lower part of the center console is still connected; then use welding technology to install a brake pedal in the passenger seat, in the main driver operation error can actively brake.
Although the co-pilot seat of the mass production car does not have a brake pedal, it can also be emergency braked by the handbrake; the mechanical handbrake is very good to pull, but it can only brake the rear wheel after pulling up, and it is easier to cause the vehicle to slide; the button of the electronic handbrake can be operated emergencyly, and the ECU & ESP system can be activated after 2 to 3 seconds after pulling up, and the four wheels can be braked through ESP and synchronously control the body attitude, and the co-pilot can learn these tips, even if he can't drive, he can cope with some special situations.
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