Liza Dixon ⚡️ Profile picture
PhD Candidate, HMI x Automated Driving. Advocate for human-centered automation 🚘 Stop #autonowashing. Eat plants 🌱 Views mine, always.

Sep 17, 2020, 6 tweets

Crab Mode?? I love it. 🦀

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1927, half crab mode

1950s, half crab mode

At the time, they referred to this concept as "5th wheel driving" and advertised it to help "even the worst drivers"

2017, full crab mode

Ok, it's all interesting & good...But if this was introduced to our streets tomorrow, it would def be worthy of a huge @NSCsafety PSA campaign (for example) to alert cyclists, pedestrians, and other road users that vehicles are able to maneuver in this way 🧐

In the 1950s, I’m pretty sure “even the worst drivers” was code for women 🤭 lol

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