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  • 21-05-2010 3:20pm
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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭


    Was surfing the web for car parts, as you do during work hours, and came across something that triggered memories from days gone by -
    the steering wheel knob! A old geezer next door had a Merc (I think) with one of these yokes and I was fascinated by it when I was a young lad.

    Probably not legal any more but at the time I thought it was a great invention :)
    07133947000


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    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,469 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    a knob called "easy rider" eh?......


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    si_guru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    you can buy them at the petrol station in Dublin port.


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    Tropheus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    I'd say power steering did away with the need for them.


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    People who can't use pedals (paralysis, etc.) and have to use hand controls for throttle/brake usually have these.


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    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Maybe alright if you have no power steering or drive a fork lift.


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    woody33
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭woody33


    I've seen then used on the origional Mini for those timed competitions where you zoom around a car park and have to reverse into tight parking spaces and so on. They're a very quick way to get the steering from full left to full right.


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    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    I bought one, but it says on the packet that it is not intended for on-road use.
    It may well be against the rules to use it in your car.

    I used it to try it out in a field - works fine, but not really needed.


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    knifey_spoonie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭knifey_spoonie


    We call them suicide knobs, and for a very good reason too. :D:D


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,002 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    I know a disabled driver, and he told me a while ago that they are only legal when necessary for disabled drivers. This guy cannot use his legs, so steers with one hand and controls accelerator/brake with the other hand via a push-pull linkage.

    Not your ornery onager



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    T-Maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    Loads on eBay.

    Must say I've seen quite a few of them on vans and big lorries.

    Would love one on my '57 Belair...:cool:


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    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    Illegal ?? Surely not.


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    #13
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    oh that sort of knob...sorry thought i was on after-hours...


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    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,503 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    esel wrote: »
    I know a disabled driver, and he told me a while ago that they are only legal when necessary for disabled drivers. This guy cannot use his legs, so steers with one hand and controls accelerator/brake with the other hand via a push-pull linkage.

    Yup.
    I have one in my car


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    Still stihl waters 3
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Still stihl waters 3


    Old thread I know but it seems the legality of steering knobs wasn't fully addressed so I'm hoping someone has a definite answer as to whether or not they're legal



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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,619 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    It would be mod that needs notifying to your insurer (as control using one is appalling and hence much more risky) at the very least



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