Indeed, it appears that she is being forced to lean over the heat and fume dispenser to get a less obstructed peep hole view through the distant reflective disk.
If that indeed be the case, she seems somewhat inordinately exuberant about needing to depend on this momentarily non ecclipsed view to proceed in reverse.
Could it be that the ungainly trike handles better with two wheels leading the charge and single rear wheel steering?
It befudles the sensibilities of even the lesser observant that they would place the engine pod laterally displaced on the same side as the driver, as in a vehicle this light, and only one front wheel, the most common use condition of any vehicle to have but a single occupant as driver would create an unnecessary and significant imbalance/ instability in handling characteristics concerning right vs left hand cornering.
Not to mention the ridiculously unnecessary concomitant need that this engine offset mounting created by requiring the driver to enter on the passenger side, and then slide accros the full length of the seat to risk the task of piloting it!
Was there some other cost factor at play here?
I realize that the British three wheeled Isettas were similarly blessed, but at least the over riding (yet perhaps equally arguably unforgivable) economic considerations are obvious in that case- as the design engineering and production machinery for producing the Isetta under licence was originated from a LHD configuration, and the lesser tax penalties for a trike in the UK were able to offer a significant cost savings to the consumer.
