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Old 12-02-2015, 04:56 AM   #140
MikeB1972
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Whatever action you take, you're going to be in a much better position to take it if you're concentrating on your driving. Particularly so compared to just having dumped a cup of boiling coffee in your lap because you've dropped it in an emergency situation.

Don't get me wrong - of course I appreciate that 99.99% of the time there'll be no harm done. It's that 0.01% of emergencies that you really don't (or at least I really don't!) want to find myself with hands full of coffee cups when I need to make an emergency manoeuvre.
It's OK, starbucks has you covered
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/05/2...%80%99-coffee/
Before anyone panics that is not a real news site

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I'm not sure it's even possible to drive with one foot, is it? One foot for the clutch, the other for the brake/accelerator. How are you going to change gear and accelerate or brake with one foot?
Automatic gearbox - most American cars nowadays, apparently studies show that it's harder to make obscene hand gestures when you have to change gear manually.

I may have made that last bit up
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