First I can’t believe how incredibly irresponsible you were for driving around in a wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicle without a crew commander up in the turret. your chief complaints were you couldn’t see anything and it was too loud, that is why you have a guy up in the turret to tell you when it is safe to change lanes, back up, etc. He/she is actually in control of the vehicle, you just drive it. The noise wouldn’t be a problem if you were wearing a headset so you could communicate with the crew commander. The vehicle had communications system at one point and it should be required to maintain it or put in a new one of your own if you are gonna take that on the street. I get this is fun for you and let’s face it most people have never driven any kind of military vehicle let alone an old British army ferret scout car. So be safe and have a blast. That said if you had killed someone because you couldn’t see anything from inside the vehicle who would be at fault? YOU. A couple of comments, the steering wheel is in that position for space reasons of course and also so when you are driving cross country if your front wheels get caught in a hole or old tank rut it doesn’t break your arms or wrists. You drive it underhanded for that reason, most new wheeled armoured vehicles have steering wheels floor mounted on a steering column that you drive underhanded like a city a bus for the same reasons. Never never rest your hands on the wheel going cross country unless you like broken limbs. The vehicle is a scout car, it is designed for combat only in that it is forward of armoured formation to seek out the enemy, when you contact them you can pop smoke if necessary from the “grenade dischargers” so you are firing “smoke grenades” (not shrapnel grenades) to obscure your vehicle from the enemy as you move back to a safe or another position to observe them from. This is called sneak and peak reconnaissance or “recce” as the Brits call it, not “recon” like you Americans do. Also like most guys who are not combat vehicle soldiers you were doing what we call the John Wayne, sitting up high in the turret like you think you are Rommel, hit a bump at speed and when you fall on the back engine deck hope to god you don’t fall back on the ground behind you. Next time lose the helmet, put on a headset so the crew commander and driver can communicate, be safe and have fun, and if you really wanna have some fun take that baby off road.