A driving form switching apparatus enabling even a user of wheelchair who
cannot freely use limb to easily change over a driving form by single
hand self-operation. By using a differential gear mechanism or a
combination mechanism comprising pinions and racks, the rotating, tilting
and shifting motions of a steering lever are transmitted to two rotating
shafts. Drums are directly coupled to the two rotating shafts, and the
rotations of the two rotating shafts are transmitted to steering shafts
through flexible wires as first connecting means. Also, the steering
shafts for wheels are parallel- or cross-connected by second connecting
means. Thus, the driving forms of a four-wheel drive vehicle such as back
and forth traveling, counter-clockwise turning, clockwise turning,
turning on the spot, parallel traveling, stopping and braking, etc, can
be switched by a single-hand simple operation.