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TIL people generally can't pantomime turning the steering wheel for a lane change (psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com)
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Although almost everyone does it all the time, when trying to pantomime it without visual feedback, we essentially always forget to turn back to straight and just something like a 45° turn.

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[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The wheel turns back to straight on it's own with application of acceleration. You don't turn it back, you let it slide through your hands under light control as the front wheels smoothly reach forward alignment... Whoever did this research doesn't drive.