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Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

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.

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?

You drive a manual. My father learned on a manual but as soon as he could he started driving automatics.
You are a one footed driver. One foot for brake and accelerator.
A two footed driver keeps one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake in an automatic transmission car.
Does that clear it up for you?
Note, my granddad told me that will wear out the brakes faster.

HarryT · 12-01-2015, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Have you ever taken a defencive driving course, I mean the type that are used to protect the really important people, lets say the President? Well I have and I know what it takes to really control a vehicle. There are always ways to get out of accidents and worse if you stay on top of your driving and in full control of your vehicle. And as for me I drive whatever is placed in front of me to drive. Car, truck, military vehicle, so on so forth. I see women driving while looking in the mirror putting on makeup, also drivers with laptops in their laps. If it was up to me they would all have to find other ways to get around I would remove their rights to drive.

Instructive figures:

US: 11.6 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year
UK: 3.5 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ted_death_rate

cvkemp · 12-01-2015, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Instructive figures:

US: 11.6 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year
UK: 3.5 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ted_death_rate

Harry I agree with you our driving test are a joke, and most that I see driving in the country have no business drive at all. By the way I have been driving now for 51 years and I have never been in an accident that I caused. And have only been in 3 accidents. All were caused by someone not watching what they were doing and rammed me in the backend while I was stopped at a light or stop sign.

issybird · 12-01-2015, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Instructive figures:

US: 11.6 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year
UK: 3.5 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ted_death_rate

The wiki article might clear this up and I don't have time to look at it right now, but wouldn't deaths per mile traveled be more instructive still?

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvkemp

Have you ever taken a defencive driving course, I mean the type that are used to protect the really important people, lets say the President? Well I have and I know what it takes to really control a vehicle. There are always ways to get out of accidents and worse if you stay on top of your driving and in full control of your vehicle. And as for me I drive whatever is placed in front of me to drive. Car, truck, military vehicle, so on so forth. I see women driving while looking in the mirror putting on makeup, also drivers with laptops in their laps. If it was up to me they would all have to find other ways to get around I would remove their rights to drive.

I was answering HarryT's sudden left turn.
No, not all accidents are avoidable.
Two words Ranger Hill and cross winds. Also that one area of Interstate 10 between Junction and Sonora.
Those two areas, I do believe safe following distance is either double or triple the recommended. And I wouldn't even recommend looking at a gps.

cvkemp · 12-01-2015, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I was answering HarryT's sudden left turn.
No, not all accidents are avoidable.
Two words Ranger Hill and cross winds. Also that one area of Interstate 10 between Junction and Sonora.
Those two areas, I do believe safe following distance is either double or triple the recommended. And I wouldn't even recommend looking at a gps.

I have been on Ranger hill in an ice/snow storm. That place is really scary.

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

The wiki article might clear this up and I don't have time to look at it right now, but wouldn't deaths per mile traveled be more instructive still?

I think that would depend on the circumstances.
Never mind I was thinking stretches of roads.

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

I have been on Ranger hill in an ice/snow storm. That place is really scary.

Yep. You know I still get a bit nervous right there and glad the husband is driving. That is without snow and ice.

shalym · 12-01-2015, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's not the fact that it's a "distraction"; the issue is that if you're holding a cup in one hand you're not, and cannot be, in proper control of your vehicle, and you're a danger both to yourself and to other road users. Cars are not designed to be driven one-handed.

Hmm...I have a friend with only one arm, and he lived (and drove) in England for years. I know that he doesn't drive specially made cars--any car with an automatic transmission will work for him.

Are you sure that the law isn't because of distracted driving?

Shari

Apache · 12-01-2015, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Have you ever taken a defencive driving course, I mean the type that are used to protect the really important people, lets say the President? Well I have and I know what it takes to really control a vehicle. There are always ways to get out of accidents and worse if you stay on top of your driving and in full control of your vehicle. And as for me I drive whatever is placed in front of me to drive. Car, truck, military vehicle, so on so forth. I see women driving while looking in the mirror putting on makeup, also drivers with laptops in their laps. If it was up to me they would all have to find other ways to get around I would remove their rights to drive.

I once saw a man driving down the road watching a porno on his laptop.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvkemp

I have been on Ranger hill in an ice/snow storm. That place is really scary.

My wife once took a full size van down red mountain pass in Colorado, in a blizzard. There aren't any guard rails to prevent you from going over a cliff or even seeing the edge of the road.
Apache

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shalym

Hmm...I have a friend with only one arm, and he lived (and drove) in England for years. I know that he doesn't drive specially made cars--any car with an automatic transmission will work for him.

Are you sure that the law isn't because of distracted driving?

Shari

My cousin had a no-footed van. Same van also had no driver's seat. She just wheeled herself into the driver's spot. I wish I had taken the time to see how it worked but I was only in her van one time and it was parked.

HarryT · 12-01-2015, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by shalym

Hmm...I have a friend with only one arm, and he lived (and drove) in England for years. I know that he doesn't drive specially made cars--any car with an automatic transmission will work for him.

I too have a one-armed friend who drives, and although it's a standard (automatic) car, he has to have a knob attached to the steering wheel to hold to allow him to safely turn it one-handed. You can't make a sharp turn holding a normal steering-wheel one handed.

One of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0040K0DFS

(But his knob is bigger

)

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I too have a one-armed friend who drives, and although it's a standard (automatic) car, he has to have a knob attached to the steering wheel to hold to allow him to safely turn it one-handed. You can't make a sharp turn holding a normal steering-wheel one handed.

One of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0040K0DFS

HarryT,
Here in the US a standard is a manual transmission.

HarryT · 12-01-2015, 01:56 PM

Standard = normal, unmodified, etc.

Cinisajoy · 12-01-2015, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Standard = normal, unmodified, etc.

Our car dealers ask do you want a standard or an automatic transmission?
Hence without your clarification on the post about your friend, I would have been wondering how your friend drove one handed.
Note pesky English to English again.
Editing to add: I think those knobs are illegal here in the US unless one has a permit for them.

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