Arc

CHRYSLER X DFA

MAKING DRIVING EQUITABLE FOR ONE HANDED DRIVERS
BROWN X RISD

HOW CAN TEENAGERS DRIVING WITH ONE HAND
EXECUTE ESSENTIAL CONTROLS WITHOUT
REMOVING THEIR HAND FROM THE WHEEL?

10.3%

INJURIES TO THE HAND, WRIST
AND FINGERS ACCOUNTED FOR

10.3 PERCENT OF ALL U.S.

41 k

EMERGENCY-ROOM VISITS IN 2009

9%

USER
PROBLEMS

14-20 YEAR-OLDS MAKE UP 9%
OF THE CONSUMER MARKET FOR
MODIFICATION DEALERS

“One of the hardest things I
had to figure out was how to
use a turn signal. My turn signal
was on the left. I don’t use my left side.”

ARC IS A NEW DESIGN FOR
THE ANTIQUATED STEERING
WHEEL. ARC KEEPS DRIVERS
ENGAGED WITH THE WHEEL
FOR THE ENTIRE DRIVING
EXPERIENCE.
ARC pad

PLACES THE CRITICAL DRIVING CONTROLS
OF THE SIGNAL STALK, HORN, AND DEFOG,
WITHIN THE REACH OF THE DRIVERS THUMB.

ARC track

FEATURES

IN 2005, 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE
WERE LIVING IN THE US WITH
THE LOSS OF A LIMB

CELIA

ISABELLA

“I learned to drive when I was 16 and
that was really hard; that was awful... ”

1.6 MIL

IN THE U.S., 41,000 PERSONS
ARE REGISTERED TO HAVE
HAD AN AMPUTATION OF A HAND

THE PAD SLIDES ON A TRACK FROM 10-2
O’CLOCK ON THE STEERING WHEEL
ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO POSITION THE
PAD COMFORTABLY.

ARC grip

RELEASES DIRECTLY FROM THE STEERING
WHEEL AND FREELY PIVOTS 360˚ TO ENSURE
THAT DRIVERS USING ONE HAND CAN
FULLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL
WITHOUT READJUSTING THEIR HAND.

THANK YOU
PLEASE GIVE US FEEDBACK!

CARL

"Do I take my hand off the steering,
or off my ability to brake?"