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I work adjacent to truck drivers in the US and can vouch for a lot of these concerns, especially the placement of the driver in the center. Being able to easily reach out of the window easily is vital to that job.

> I work adjacent to truck drivers in the US...

Likewise. And you're correct.

This sounds very much like a "designed in California" problem. Who would have thought about mud, frosted mirrors, border crossings…

California is not all sunshine and beaches. They have been driving them over a mountain pass in the Sierra-Nevada between Reno and Fremont for years now. They are willfully ignoring problems, not unaware of them.

Maybe 'designed in the Bay Area'. If you take a look at a map you'll notice that California has significant mountain ranges and shares a border with Mexico.

The first American electric semi has a traditional layout, driver on the left, normal doors, normal ingress and egress. About the same as the European truck except it is not a cabover design and there is a nose in front of the windshield.