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| I thought 4WS had
| fallen out of favor due to complexity/only slight benefits...
I bet you never drove a 4ws ( superior to 2ws ) car ;
[i] User can corner hard without a nose-dive ; only a sideward
tilt towards outer edge of road curve will happen, because
all 4 tyres can turn to change car's direction i.e.twice as
much tyre grip.
[ii] esp useful in a city like Sydney ( australia ) whose city
centre's road lanes are just 7' wide ( approx, I could not stop
to measure them ) : over curves all 2ws cars ( trucks are
worse ) inevitably cut into other lanes, 1's car will be
scratched / dented unless 1 carefully avoids these cutting-in
`s, i.e. 1 must not drive into busy curves. 4ws vehicles need
not cut into other lanes ( their tails can follow road curves ),
should be charged lower road tax for their tighter use of
narrow lanes ( enable fastr traffic flow ).
[iii] a narrow gap ( on a curve rd / path ) impassable to a 2ws
car can be passable to a 4ws car of similar size. The same
with a short parking space, or a 3 point turn to reverse car's
direction.
4ws saves time, this is mainly what cars are for in the 1st place.