Japan -specific service!In fact, the secret of the taxi "automatic door" that is difficult to operate

　Why a Japanese taxi has now adopted automatic doors, there is a hint in Japan where the seat next to the driver's seat is called a "passenger seat".The English translation of the passenger seat is "Passenger Seat".In other words, in English, it is not called "Assistant Seat".

　Originally, in Japan, until the automatic door appeared, the taxi had an assistant in the assistant seat, and the assistant opened and closed the door and the passengers got on and off.

　The crown, which appeared as the "Japan's first purely domestic passenger car", was developed with the desire to make a Japanese taxi a purely domestic passenger car.At that time, Toyota and others had already offered taxi vehicles, which was a track chassis with a sedan body.At that time, there were only track chassis bass options to provide durability that could withstand taxi specifications.

　It is a famous story that the first crown that appeared in it adopted the Kannon opening -type door (coach door) to reduce the work of this assistant.

　It is said that there was already an automatic door at that time, but it was said that the rapidly spread was in 1964, the first Tokyo Olympics.As we had a baton touch from the crown system to the JPN taxi at the time of the 2020 tournament, the taxi automatic door was rapidly spread as one of the "hospitality" at the time.

Even if it is an automatic door, there is also a mechanical type that is manually operated from the driver seat!

　The current JPN taxi and Nissan NV taxis adopt an electric sliding door, but the previous crown comfort and the Y31 Cedric corporate taxi taxi vehicle is an automatic door, but the seat left and right of the driver's seat.The lever and the door behind the passenger seat are connected by metal parts, and the door can be opened and closed by operating the crew.Advanced vehicles called "black Takes", such as sedan -type personal taxis and Crown Sedantaxy in the Comfort era, use a vacuum type, but the crew is still operating.

　This door opening and closing operation is more difficult to operate than expected.For this reason, I have heard that the opening and closing practice will be performed quite well in the "training crew" stage, which is going to be a taxi crew."If you do not hold the lever on a strong windy day, you will be fueled by the door, so you will be particularly careful."

　If you open the door without checking well, a bicycle or motorcycle rushing into it is a case that has been alerted on a daily basis as a case that frequently occurs due to a taxi accident.In addition, when the door closed without checking it, such as when a woman in a kimono was placed, it was also noted that her hem was caught in the door.

　Since it is of course cost to install the automatic door, it is noticeable that minivans, which originally equipped with electric sliding doors, are running as taxi vehicles after relieving taxi vehicle regulations.

　The JPN taxi adopts an electric sliding door, but when touching the switch like a general minivan, it is a semi -auto -type that opens and closes only when the crew is touching the switch, not automatic opening and closing.

　Compared to the sedan -based taxi that was hired and opened and closed by the lever operation of the crew, it may take more time to open and close.The door is closed without tightening, and this is often done when I take a JPN taxi, but it is not completely open when I get off, and the passenger is moving when the passenger is about to get off during the operation stage.He said that there are some cases where the trouble factors when opening and closing a new door, such as putting their feet on the door rail, are noticeable.