> There's also a reason your acceleration and braking are controlled by your feet - because your leg muscles are stronger than your thumb muscles.
You're forgetting motorbikes; both the throttle and the front brake (the most important one) are controlled by the hands (not the thumbs though). Force is not an issue here (especially nowadays), but more precise control is.
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> There's also a reason your acceleration and braking are controlled by your feet - because your leg muscles are stronger than your thumb muscles.
You're forgetting motorbikes; both the throttle and the front brake (the most important one) are controlled by the hands (not the thumbs though). Force is not an issue here (especially nowadays), but more precise control is.
Vincent.
Have a look at Rod Johnson's somewhat repetitive but still quite insightful book about the lightweight container movement.