Bucket Seats: The Curse of the Automotive Industry
As I sink down into a bucket seat to the point that I feel like the Wicked Witch melting in "The Wizard of Oz" I wonder who in the world came up with this innovation. I question whether the guy even bothered to ask the drivers what they wanted when shoving the horrors into every car. Each time I get into my car I am reminded of the time when I was too small to sit on an adult toilet and had to hold onto the sides of the seat for fear of falling in and drowning. I defy anyone to try and park the car straight in a parking space with two lines when they can't see the ground. For heaven sakes, you can't even see the bloomin' lines. In fulmination I ask myself who the idiots were that designed these seats. First of all it would appear that the individual(s) were very partial to people with extremely long bodies. Did it ever occur to them that there are many of us who are tall, but who have shorter bodies? If you, like me, suffer from this 'disability' you wonder why anyone would scoop the guts out of a perfectly comfortable seat.
How many of you have ever driven behind a car which appears to be in 'self drive' mode because there is no indication of a driver? How many short bodied people have had to go out and buy a cushion because when climbing a hill, the steering wheel blocks their view? This is not the only dangerous feature of the bucket seat; it also tends to deplete the value of the head rest because when permanently fixed for everyone else, it is too far up to be of any use. Another dangerous aspect of the head rest is that you can't see behind you when backing out. No matter what angle you choose. Other than hanging off one side of your seat, you can't see dittly. Such a situation makes it easier to hit children, run into a shopping cart, roll over small animals, etc. To add insult to injury, the driver cannot see curbs when reversing, pulling into strips malls, or when trying to avoid potholes. Even more frustrating is the fact that if the driver has long legs, s/he is forced to move the seat further back, thus making it more difficult to close the door, because what is left of the short body's length is dissipated by the long stretch in its direction.
Next comes the challenge of trying to resolve the problem. Your first bit of illumination comes in the brilliant decision to use a pillow. Let me warn you, no matter how firm it is when you start out, eventually it goes flat. Once this happens, the pillow makes it a point to fold over and drag across your seat each time you get into the car. "Aha" you say and get a second which you put on top of the first. O happy day, for the first few miles, until the top slips away from the bottom, or worse yet folds itself as you slide in so that you have an uneven seat. "Okay you tell yourself, I'll just get a thick blanket. What??? Try sliding your legs under the wheel having been elevated by a double thickness of blanket. So, you want to raise the steering wheel. Go right ahead, now you got the same problem you had when you were trying to drive up the steep hill, only this time you're on flat ground. You can have automatic windows or windows which wind down, you can pop the back of your trunk, you can look at TV, you listen to surround sound, you can have a cup holder, and nine million other things. Will somebody please tell me why I can't have a seat that I can use to sit in, see and drive?
21 Jul, 2011
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