Jim Underwood sits on the wrong side of a motorized, four-wheeled, right-angle trapezoid, his head swinging side to side to monitor the vehicle’s mirrors as he carefully backs it up.
“These are not the easiest vehicles to drive. They’re right-hand drive, they’re wedge-shaped in front and they’re square in the rear,” says Ruby Barnett, Underwood’s driving instructor. “It takes a while to get used to the vehicle, and backing it up can be especially difficult. There are no windows. You have to use the mirrors. You can’t eyeball it.” Read more
