Editing Steering wheel (section)

{{Short description|Type of steering control in land vehicles}}
{{About|steering wheels in land vehicles|the use in vessels|Ship's wheel}}
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[[File:Steering wheels from different periods.jpg|thumb|right|Passenger car steering wheels from different periods]]
[[File:Gråtass dashbord.JPG|thumb|right|Steering wheel and front wheels of a farm [[tractor]] ]]
[[File:Leo2 driver's post.jpg|thumb|Steering wheel in a [[tank]] ]]
[[File:VDL Bova Magiq MHD 148-460 - cockpit.jpg|thumb|right|Steering wheel in a [[VDL Bova]] bus]]

A '''steering wheel''' (also called a '''driving wheel''', a '''hand wheel''', or simply '''wheel''') is a type of [[steering]] control in [[vehicle]]s.

Steering wheels are used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production [[automobile]]s, buses, light and heavy trucks, as well as [[tractor]]s and [[tank]]s. The steering wheel is the part of the [[steering]] system that the driver manipulates; the rest of the steering system responds to such driver inputs. This can be through direct mechanical contact as in [[recirculating ball]] or [[rack and pinion]] steering gears, without or with the assistance of [[hydraulic power steering]], HPS, or as in some modern production cars with the help of computer-controlled motors, known as [[Power steering#Electric systems|electric power steering]].