Is that forwards first or backwards first? (Re: unintuitive for-loop behavior)

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>:

> Turns out the only difference between first and reverse on that model
> is whether you lift up a little ring on the shaft of the gear lever
> prior to engagement.
>
> Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface design I
> don't know. It seems specifically designed to encourage velocity sign
> errors when starting off...

Well, it could be worse. This layout is pretty traditional:

    1  3  5
    |  |  |
    +--+--+
    |  |  |
    2  4  R


Marko