On Driver's Side Automatic Windows
So, I'm busy, and I need to fill my two-week quota, so here's a short and lame entry.
You know how newer cars with automatic windows often have a special feature on the driver's side window where you push once and the window goes down all the way?
Why does it only work one way - going down - in all the cars I've ever driven?
I don't see mechanically why it can't work both ways, but if it can only work one way, why down?
I assume the feature was designed to make paying tolls easier, but it seems backwards to me. When I approach a toll booth, I have to slow down and get in line behind other cars. At such a slow speed, I don't see how holding down the window switch poses any difficulty. I don't really need both hands at that moment; I am driving slowly and in a line of cars.
However, once I pay my toll, I need to be able to accelerate to high speeds and/or merge down to fewer lanes of traffic. Both of these things would be easier and safer with the use of both hands, yet I have to power the window up manually.
Furthermore, the other reason one uses his or her window is for breeze. If my window is up, I will want to adjust it to the desired height. But no, I must roll it all the way down first and then adjust or else cancel the automatic motion of the window.
So I don't get it.
That is all.
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You know how newer cars with automatic windows often have a special feature on the driver's side window where you push once and the window goes down all the way?
Why does it only work one way - going down - in all the cars I've ever driven?
I don't see mechanically why it can't work both ways, but if it can only work one way, why down?
I assume the feature was designed to make paying tolls easier, but it seems backwards to me. When I approach a toll booth, I have to slow down and get in line behind other cars. At such a slow speed, I don't see how holding down the window switch poses any difficulty. I don't really need both hands at that moment; I am driving slowly and in a line of cars.
However, once I pay my toll, I need to be able to accelerate to high speeds and/or merge down to fewer lanes of traffic. Both of these things would be easier and safer with the use of both hands, yet I have to power the window up manually.
Furthermore, the other reason one uses his or her window is for breeze. If my window is up, I will want to adjust it to the desired height. But no, I must roll it all the way down first and then adjust or else cancel the automatic motion of the window.
So I don't get it.
That is all.
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