watching a very very old movie the other night i could
have sworn i saw someone driving a car with the accelerator
pedal on the left.
can this be so? if it is so when did the standard
clutch-brake-go come in?
or, of course i could be dreaming.
Some basic questions first, OK?
How old was the movie? Were there just the three pedals? Was it an American film? Do you remember the make of the car? Was the accelarator large like today’s cars have or was it more button shaped and smaller? Do you remember the name of the film?
I know the Model T had a really (by today’s standard) funky pedal setup:
http://www.modelt.ca/background-fs.html
I think they talk about it some in a recent Car and Driver.
Since the Model T was the most popular car back in the day, I wouldn’t be surprised if other manufacturers copied their controls as well.