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Entry and Exit from
Automotive Vehicles
INTRODUCTION TO ENTRY AND EXIT
The driver and occupants should be able to enter and exit from the vehicle quickly and comfortably,
without any awkward postures or high physical efforts that may involve excessive bending, turning,
twisting, stretching, leaning, and hitting of body parts on the vehicle components. In this chapter,
we will cover many problems that the drivers and passengers experience during entry and exit from
vehicles and relate these to different vehicle package dimensions.
Drivers experience different problems while entering and exiting vehicles with different body
styles, from low ...