How do you hold your hands on the steering wheel?

[IamFogHat]

I drive with one hand (my left) at about a little less than eight
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No real reason, it's just where I'm most comfortable.

How about you guys?

[sailor]

your clock is confusing.

[JimBeam]

10 and 2 formally but I usually have left hand at 10.

[PapaBear]

Ten and two when using both hands. I mostly just drive with my left at ten and my right either holding a cig, or resting on the passenger side seat back.

I heard they are teaching eight and four in school now. They say ten and two is dangerous if the airbag deploys. I've tried it, and there's just no way I can drive like that.

[~Katja~]

one on 9 and the other on the stick shift

[Snoogans]

i rive with one hand usually at the bottom center, otherwise top center, and i palm it on turns. I need to have a hand to do other shit.

And if I'm smokin a bowl I steel with my knee at around 8 oclock

[epo]

Ten and 2. Safety first!

[Snoogans]

one on 9 and the other on the stick shift

NICE

I would love to drive a st.....manual transmission, but I'm far too lazy

[~Katja~]

your clock is confusing.

it totally is, i think my hand is more on 10 or 11 actually

[JimBeam]

I was taught 9 and 3 in police driving because it works w/ the shuffle steering concept.

That's where your hands never cross over each other and the steering wheel is shuffled through your hands.

[Contra]

One hand at 6

[jauble]

i rive with one hand usually at the bottom center, otherwise top center, and i palm it on turns. I need to have a hand to do other shit.

And if I'm smokin a bowl I steel with my knee at around 8 oclock

You steel your way to a bowl recently?

[~Katja~]

i rive with one hand usually at the bottom center, otherwise top center, and i palm it on turns. I need to have a hand to do other shit.

And if I'm smokin a bowl I steel with my knee at around 8 oclock

you should make a video on RIVING

[jauble]

Im glad we did the same joke but picked different words. My head still hurts though.

[boosterp]

Left at the 9 and left elbow on the arm rest.

If I smoke (longer trips) my right goes on the 3 and I smoke with my left.

[underdog]

10 and 2 is actually an unsafe way to drive now, because of airbags.

I drive with one hand at 12 or one hand at 5.

[IamFogHat]

I could not be more retarded, I meant I hold it with my left hand.

[PapaBear]

10 and 2 is actually an unsafe way to drive now, because of airbags.

I drive with one hand at 12 or one hand at 5.
Wouldn't 12 still be bad if the airbag deployed?

[~Katja~]

Im glad we did the same joke but picked different words. My head still hurts though.

ha, I stopped reading after "rive" so my head is in less pain...lol

[Snoogans]

You steel your way to a bowl recently?

you should make a video on RIVING

Im glad we did the same joke but picked different words. My head still hurts though.

whatever. Its hard to type when you are smokin a bowl

[jauble]

You steel your way to a bowl recently?

whatever. Its hard to type when you are smokin a bowl

You could have just said yes.

[Devo37]

12 & 4 for me normally.
Just 12 when i'm playing with the radio.
Just 6 when i'm stuck in traffic.
Just a knee at 6 if i'm in traffic, eating, and playing with the radio at the same time.

[~Katja~]

sometimes my hands slip and they are on noon to three...

[jauble]

sometimes my hands slip and they are on noon to three...

booo

[Snoogans]

12 & 4 for me normally.
Just 12 when i'm playing with the radio.
Just 6 when i'm stuck in traffic.
Just a knee at 6 if i'm in traffic, eating, and playing with the radio at the same time.



I sit with my driver seat leaned back pretty far, so I actually have to kinda sit up from my normal driving position to be able to reach the 12 oclock position on my steering wheel

[RoseBlood]

About a month ago, one of the nurses at work was in a small car accident, her hand was crushed against the steering wheel and walked away with a lot of broken bones.

After hearing this, I tried to keep my hands at 10 and 2, but I can't help myself. I am always switching hand positions. I know 10 and 2 keeps you alert, which is the point, but I just go with whatever's comfortable. I enjoy driving and like to feel relaxed.

[Snoogans]

About a month ago, one of the nurses at work was in a small car accident, her hand was crushed against the steering wheel and walked away with a lot of broken bones.

After hearing this, I tried to keep my hands at 10 and 2, but I can't help myself. I am always switching hand positions. I know 10 and 2 keeps you alert, which is the point, but I just go with whatever's comfortable. I enjoy driving and like to feel relaxed.

Most people actually drive better when they just drive how its comfortable to them

[Devo37]

I sit with my driver seat leaned back pretty far, so I actually have to kinda sit up from my normal driving position to be able to reach the 12 oclock position on my steering wheel

i never understood the driver's seat leaned back thing. aside from the fact that you can't see sh!t, you have to stretch to reach the steering wheel, meaning your arms and back wind up more tired than if you have your seat upright.

[razorboy]

Eight and nothing while city driving. Eight and three on the highway.

[Snoogans]

i never understood the driver's seat leaned back thing. aside from the fact that you can't see sh!t, you have to stretch to reach the steering wheel, meaning your arms and back wind up more tired than if you have your seat upright.



I have a bad back and its actually more comfortable for me to drive that way. I dont get as stiff.

Also, I can still see over the dash and when I have to turn or look somewhere I sit up and look. I just find it more relaxed and comfy, like a recliner almost

[underdog]

i never understood the driver's seat leaned back thing. aside from the fact that you can't see sh!t, you have to stretch to reach the steering wheel, meaning your arms and back wind up more tired than if you have your seat upright.



I have bad posture so I drive with my seat leaned back pretty far.

Wouldn't 12 still be bad if the airbag deployed?

9 & 3 is the new correct way to drive.

[PapaBear]

I have bad posture so I drive with my seat leaned back pretty far.



9 & 3 is the new correct way to drive.
They taught 8 and 4 at my kid's school. Rubbish.

[FUNKMAN]

usually two hands on top of the wheel. then i notice i'm gripping the wheel way too tight 'for some reason'?

then i'll move my hands or a hand to the bottom of the wheel - much more relaxed position

[Snoogans]

Maybe instead of teaching kids how to hold the wheel so the airbag wont break their arms, they should teach them HOW NOT TO HIT SHIT SO THEY DONT HAVE THE AIRBAG GO OFF

[underdog]

Maybe instead of teaching kids how to hold the wheel so the airbag wont break their arms, they should teach them HOW NOT TO HIT SHIT SO THEY DONT HAVE THE AIRBAG GO OFF

Abstinence only.

[Devo37]

i think 12 o'clock is the best position for quick reaction. from 12, you can go to 5 to the right or 7 to the left pretty quickly in an emergency.

secondary question: seat belts. i feel like i'm on a roller coaster without a safety harness if i don't have my seat belt buckled. any old-school anti-seat-belters here?

[Snoogans]

i think 12 o'clock is the best position for quick reaction. from 12, you can go to 5 to the right or 7 to the left pretty quickly in an emergency.

secondary question: seat belts. i feel like i'm on a roller coaster without a safety harness if i don't have my seat belt buckled. any old-school anti-seat-belters here?



I almost never wear it, unless im in a car where it beeps until you do. Fuckin dickhead car companies. Fuck you

[lleeder]

7&8 it makes it more challenging

[MacVittie]

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All the time.

[Friday]

either ten and two (, motherfuckers!)

... or 5:30 and 6:30 sometimes.

[Snoogans]

7&8 it makes it more challenging

You have been on fire sir

[drusilla]

right hand at 5. hardly ever drive at 10 & 2.

& i drive with my elbows if i have to blow my nose or sneeze.

& i always wear my seatbelt if i'm up front. for some reason i still don't put it on if i'm in the back.

[Devo37]

I almost never wear it, unless im in a car where it beeps until you do. Fuckin dickhead car companies. Fuck you

don't blame the car companies. it's the @sshole insurance companies. seat belt laws, smoking bans, suing bars for drunk-driving accidents, etc. it's all insurance company @ssholes who love collecting their monthly premiums, but will do anything they can to avoid paying out on any sort of claim. these are the jack offs turning the "land of the free" into the "land of the restricted".

rot in hell, insurance compny jack offs!

[razorboy]

I had a friend who was a forearm driver. He had a VW panel bus and he would get as close to the steering wheel as possible, place both of his hands at the apex of the steering wheel and place his forearms down the sides of the wheel as best he could. He was a real weird cat.

[underdog]

i think 12 o'clock is the best position for quick reaction. from 12, you can go to 5 to the right or 7 to the left pretty quickly in an emergency.

secondary question: seat belts. i feel like i'm on a roller coaster without a safety harness if i don't have my seat belt buckled. any old-school anti-seat-belters here?



I only wear my seatbelt because I speed all the time and I don't feel like getting an extra ticket on top of everything else.

[Snoogans]

I had a friend who was a forearm driver. He had a VW panel bus. He was a real weird cat.

fixed

[underdog]

Everyone saying 10 & 2 sound exactly like people who think you can catch a cold by going outside when it is cold out without a coat on.

[boosterp]

The only times I do not wear my seat belt is up at my property and when taking my truck through mud or high water (don't know why on this last thing, maybe to lean out the window and judge how deep I am). Hell, I also drink and drive, and carry a gun. I guess my logic is a bit fucked up.

[PapaBear]

I just drove to the store and paid better attention. When driving with one hand, I don't put my left at 10, as I previously stated. I hold the wheel at 9, between my forefinger and middle finger. When I need to use the turn signal, I slide my hand up so my thumb is resting on the crossbar at 9, so I can reach the signal. So basically, I drive a car that veers heavily to the left, with two fingers.

[boosterp]

... So basically, I drive a car that veers heavily to the left, with two fingers.

Yea, I knocked my alignment out up at my property when I took a foot high bump followed by a burm too fast in 4 wheel drive. I was trying to get some speed (snatch him out) so I could pull some dude in a 2 wheel drive out who did not belong in the mud.

On topic, although my truck veers left if I am not paying attention, I still hold my steering wheel one handed.

[drusilla]

Everyone saying 10 & 2 sound exactly like people who think you can catch a cold by going outside when it is cold out without a coat on.

<3

[Marc with a c]

i drive with my dick

[sailor]

i drive with my dick

after tommy lee they started teaching that at a lot of schools.

[Coach]

Was taught 10 and 2, with the advent of Airbags...moved to 8 and 4 just above bus drivers' 7 and 5.

[Reynolds]

Usually with my knee

[OGC]

one on 9 and the other on the stick shift


yup. left at 9 or 10, the right on the stick, or coffee, or gps, radio, cellphone, mp3 player or whatever

[ecobag2]

I catch myself driving with one hand over the top of the steering wheel and laugh at myself.

Don't know when that started.

[biggestmexi]

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Dont drive a honda. Couldnt tell ya.

but i usually grab the sides of my wheel

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[Yosammity]

Left at 10. Right arm on the arm rest.

[sr71blackbird]

In stressful situations I go back to the 10 and 2, but for casual driving I am at 2 and 7.

[ANC]

I steer with 1 hand at either 12 or 6.

[Thebazile78]

That "10 and 2 isn't safe because of airbags" was busted on Mythbusters a while ago. [Episode #87.]

No, your thumbs won't get broken or ripped off if you have an accident and the airbags deploy:

Drivers who hold the steering wheel in the “10 and 2″ position can have their thumbs ripped off by a deploying airbag. (http://mythbustersresults.com/episode87)

BUSTED

The Build Team obtained an old car with a working airbag and created a pair of ballistics gel hands that would simulate a driver holding the steering wheel at the 10-2 position. When the airbag deployed, it knocked the arms off of the steering wheel, but did not cause any visible damage to the thumbs. Then, following a fan suggestion, the Build Team then tested the myth under the assumption that the driver was holding the wheel with his hands in a fashion similar to the Vulcan Salute. The deploying airbag caused serious damage to the thumbs, which would have meant broken thumbs if an actual person were holding the steering wheel. However, because the myth was based around the commonly used 10-2 position, the myth was busted.

When I googled this to figure out if I was remembering the episode correctly, lot of people on car afficionado websites are saying that the "new" hand position is because instructors are assuming the car has power steering.

I don't know about that, but my last in-car driving lessons were ... 10 years ago.

[underdog]

That "10 and 2 isn't safe because of airbags" was busted on Mythbusters a while ago. [Episode #87.]

I can't believe I forgot about that episode.

I'm like one of the "catch a cold because it's cold" people now.

[midwestjeff]

I usually just work the pedals and let Jesus take the wheel.

Also, I wonder how many people have died or been injured
doing an activity because Mythbusters said it was ok.

[ANC]

Also, I wonder how many people have died or been injured
doing an activity because Mythbusters said it was ok.

like carjacking?

[topless_mike]

i drive at 14 and 18.

[~Katja~]

i drive at 14 and 18.

so you don't drive in the mornings?

[Freakshow]

so you don't drive in the mornings?

he only drives a tank, so he has to use military clock time...

[sr71blackbird]

I also poistion myself so that when my hands are on top of the steering wheel, my shoulders are pressing against the seat. I learned that if you do this, in an emergency, you will have better control of the car. If you find that when your hands on on top of the wheel and your shoulders are not in contact with the seat, you would be thrown around the car in an emergency.

[boosterp]

O just noticed today that I have been driving with my left on the 11 and my right holding onto my arm rest, or whatever.

I took 2 professional driving courses in the military and one was an escape kinda course. The left was at the 12 and the rightwas on the stick. You can do a full steer while maintaining control better at this position. Both your shoulders should always be in contact with the seat, and you learn to brake and hit the gas at the same time using both feet.

Just was interesting finding this book, sorry.

[jennysmurf]

I noticed today that I drive in the 11 & 1 position. I'm not sure why, but it's comfortable. The nanny car is a Volvo, so maybe it has something to do with sitting higher, cause in my car (Honda) I drive with my thumbs hooked on the inside above the horn.

[TripleSkeet]

Either right hand 12 or left hand 10. I very rarely use 2 hands.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

About 9:30 and 2:30.

[PapaBear]

About 9:30 and 2:30.
I call this "Fuzzy Time".

[ToiletCrusher]

I hold it with my hands.

[ScottFromGA]

one on the wheel....the other holding her head down.

[joethebartender]

Am I the only one that uses a suicide knob?

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