I ride my electric bicycle in the city and in the garage of my apartment building. The garage has sprinkler systems built in. I am short 5’7” and I sit about the same height as while standing, yet on the bicycle I feel taller, combined with moving makes it more difficult to gauge how far above my head the sprinkler pipes are. My guess is this might effect tall people to a greater extent.
Society always amplifies ideal experience for taller people not really true value added. Especially thinking of airplane foot room. Experience matters, known to has potential to be improved factors into improvement.