The present study was conducted to clarify the characteristics of human motion and perception, and to develop a force perception model relating to vehicle operation. The results highlighted three points in particular: (1) with steering wheel forward and reverse operation, the tendencies of reaction force perception and related variations depend on the amplitude of the reaction force; (2) perception is affected by reaction force with individual postures and posture changes; and (3) a subjective human force perception model can be derived from the experimental results, which shows a clear correlation with measured values in steering wheel forward and reverse operation.