why does every car's steering wheel seem to turn one and a half rotations in either direction from neutral

it's always one and a half, never anything else

this is a serious question by the way, in case anyone actually knows the answer please let me know

@Felthry My guess is because steering geometry typically only lets the wheels themselves move so far, and a predictable amount of angular deflection per degree of control input is seen as just a good idea?

@starkatt but some cars still have much more sensitive steering than others

our current car (a prius) turns the wheels _way_ more for a given amount of steering than our previous one (a saturn vue) (that previous one had such a wide turning radius that it was actually frequently annoying)

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@Felthry @starkatt turning radius isn't simply how far the wheels turn but also how far they are from the back wheels

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