I guess some of us (those who drive with two hands) have enough coordination that our hands don't fight each other. Are you able to walk and chew gum at the same time?
if you can't get both hands to do what you want them to without thinking about, please stop driving. i can't belive you're even posting this. unless it's a joke, in which case it wasn't very funny.
it's like saying, "i only walk on one foot cause i get more delicate control."
one hand offers you unsure grip on the wheel (especially if you are palming), a limited range of motion, limited speed when making quick manuvers (especially if you had to do heavy correction in a skid), a less powerful position for your arm (you have very little strengh pulling side to side but tons pulling down and pushing up), and less feedback through the wheel. i'm sorry, but unless you're AHNOLD, if you're in a situation where you have to turn right (so now your hand is twisted all the way around and your arm is upside down) and then have to go left to correct, i hope you have a friendly relationship with the ditch cause you're gonna be spending some time there. if you do the same thing with your palm, you'll be steering with your left elbow cause i doubt you will be prepared to provide the necessary force to maintain traction on the steering wheel when you yank it. you're not gonna stop to adjust your hand position, apply pressure, and then yank. you're just gonna yank and then you're screwed. with two hands you have your thumbs aready hooking around the wheel over the spokes, so even if you're not squeezing with a death grip you're still ready for action the minute something comes up. lastly, when you drive thug-style, your back is all twisted for hours on end. not so smart from a comfort perspective, either.
shockwave, if you were driving with two hands, you wouldn't have lost control at 75 MPH in the first place.
but seriously, i once went into a skid at 80 just before a tight corner on the freeway (had to swerve to avoid a mattress in the fast lane) in my station wagon and two hands got me through it just fine (barely even lost speed). so ta-da! two hands works, too! i also spend lots of time driving at 10/10ths on backroads. trust me, even when you're purposely pushing the limit, two hands is way better, even in a car with light steering like mine.
facelessnobody also raises a good point regarding the airbag. why do you think so many people end up with a broken/burned arm from the airbag? if you hold the wheel correctly, your arms are just pushed down and away from your body. hold it like Mr. G Funk and it's slamed up into your face at 200 MPH. yay!
there's a reason they're called "suicide knobs" you know. and there's a reason they're illegal.
it's like saying, "i only walk on one foot cause i get more delicate control."
one hand offers you unsure grip on the wheel (especially if you are palming), a limited range of motion, limited speed when making quick manuvers (especially if you had to do heavy correction in a skid), a less powerful position for your arm (you have very little strengh pulling side to side but tons pulling down and pushing up), and less feedback through the wheel. i'm sorry, but unless you're AHNOLD, if you're in a situation where you have to turn right (so now your hand is twisted all the way around and your arm is upside down) and then have to go left to correct, i hope you have a friendly relationship with the ditch cause you're gonna be spending some time there. if you do the same thing with your palm, you'll be steering with your left elbow cause i doubt you will be prepared to provide the necessary force to maintain traction on the steering wheel when you yank it. you're not gonna stop to adjust your hand position, apply pressure, and then yank. you're just gonna yank and then you're screwed. with two hands you have your thumbs aready hooking around the wheel over the spokes, so even if you're not squeezing with a death grip you're still ready for action the minute something comes up. lastly, when you drive thug-style, your back is all twisted for hours on end. not so smart from a comfort perspective, either.
shockwave, if you were driving with two hands, you wouldn't have lost control at 75 MPH in the first place.
but seriously, i once went into a skid at 80 just before a tight corner on the freeway (had to swerve to avoid a mattress in the fast lane) in my station wagon and two hands got me through it just fine (barely even lost speed). so ta-da! two hands works, too! i also spend lots of time driving at 10/10ths on backroads. trust me, even when you're purposely pushing the limit, two hands is way better, even in a car with light steering like mine.facelessnobody also raises a good point regarding the airbag. why do you think so many people end up with a broken/burned arm from the airbag? if you hold the wheel correctly, your arms are just pushed down and away from your body. hold it like Mr. G Funk and it's slamed up into your face at 200 MPH. yay!
there's a reason they're called "suicide knobs" you know. and there's a reason they're illegal.
kag
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Well unless you do all of your driving in the city, there are periods where you don't change gears...
Don Vito Corleone
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Huh? Shifting takes up at most maybe 5-10% of your total driving time. I drive a stick but prefer both hands on the wheel unless I am just tooling down the freeway at a consistent speed.
This thread has to be a joke . . . right? It's like asking "Why do people walk with two feet? Using one foot and crutches is much easier!"
It's pretty amazing that an electrical short would cause a belt driven power steering pump to fail...
I really hope your post was also a joke, like half of this thread.
I used to drive a manual with NO POWER STEERING. I could drive one handed with that most of the time (so i could shift), but i knew that if i ever had to make a drastic turn or anything, i had better grab the wheel with the other hand. Imagine what kind of power you'll need to correct a skid at 80mph with no power steering using one palm on the wheel.
But i think the airbag thing is good enough reason to at LEAST drive not at 12 o clock.
But i think the airbag thing is good enough reason to at LEAST drive not at 12 o clock.
Its very true. Ford Taurus's power steering will fial (And its belt driven) if you have a tranmission senser fail.
Arent you the mechanically inclined one.... :roll:
I'm absolutely amazed at the number of people who know my driving abilties better then me!!!
WOW!!
Hey, can you guys tell me if I'm ready to take my CCNA, since you seem to know me better then I do?! Oh, and what should I buy my wife for X-Mas too?
Thanks guys!
WOW!!
Hey, can you guys tell me if I'm ready to take my CCNA, since you seem to know me better then I do?! Oh, and what should I buy my wife for X-Mas too?
Thanks guys!
Man, the original poster must be a troll. Nobody could be that stupid. Or he's just looking for an excuse to hold his cell phone in the other hand.
Go to a high performance driving school. They'll kick you out of the car if you try it with one hand. But hey, they don't know anything I guess.
So, you're going to crank that wheel from lock to lock (which you might have to do in an avoidance manuever) with the palm of your hand. Let's see, you're either gripping the wheel at 12 o'clock - in which case you snap your wrist as you turn the wheel all the way around - or your holding on to the wheel with the palm of your hand and rely on the friction of a couple square inches of flesh to save you.
If you can't cooridinate two hands then you've got a problem.
Also somebody said the racers use both hands because they don't have power steering. Wrong - NASCAR and F1 both have power steering.
I vote for the Darwin award.
What a dumbass.
Go to a high performance driving school. They'll kick you out of the car if you try it with one hand. But hey, they don't know anything I guess.
So, you're going to crank that wheel from lock to lock (which you might have to do in an avoidance manuever) with the palm of your hand. Let's see, you're either gripping the wheel at 12 o'clock - in which case you snap your wrist as you turn the wheel all the way around - or your holding on to the wheel with the palm of your hand and rely on the friction of a couple square inches of flesh to save you.
If you can't cooridinate two hands then you've got a problem.
Also somebody said the racers use both hands because they don't have power steering. Wrong - NASCAR and F1 both have power steering.
I vote for the Darwin award.
What a dumbass.
They both have a toned down power steering. The power steering on your Bonneville is not the power steering on a Nascar race car.
I wouldn't drive a Bonneville
Point is, an F1 car can be driven with one hand if need be (you'd have to be crazy to try it). You can see the mechanics pushing them back into the garage with one hand on the wheel all the time.
Anyway, the point I was trying to make was that using one hand because it's power steering is a stupid arguement.
Originally posted by: CFster
I wouldn't drive a Bonneville
Point is, an F1 car can be driven with one hand if need be (you'd have to be crazy to try it). You can see the mechanics pushing them back into the garage with one hand on the wheel all the time.
Anyway, the point I was trying to make was that using one hand because it's power steering is a stupid arguement.
You like teh Bonneville!!
Well, you surely need 2 hands if you lose what littlepower steering they have.
Lets be honest, Nascar, you could drive 1 handed. You could drive it with your leg. ITS AN OVAL!!
/end shameless plug at Nascar
^^^
what he said.
I personally usually only drive with one hand, but thats outta shear lazyness, and I do a lot of highway driving where sharp, precision maneuverability isn't needed. But when I do stuff like quick sharp turing like in a tight parking lot, I move to two hands. Nothing beats the hand-over-hand approach for a lightening turn. Besides, too many times I've had a sweaty palm and while turning pretty fast my hand looses grip on the wheel and I almost hit stuff. One of these days my luck is going to run out and I will totaly trash something.
And like everyone else here said- If you don't have the mental capacity to move two arms in cordination with each other...
mb
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I second the vote!
Shockwave, if you're really being serious that you think you have less control with two hands, you obviously have picked up some bad driving habits. If it's so hard for you to drive with two hands, go back to drivers ed and LEARN.
I'd feel more confident driving with a 16 year old who truely took time to learn everything in drivers ed than I would with you.
You will be punched in the face by your own fist and an incredible rate of speed should your airbag deploy in an accident.
With two hands on the wheel, you have a larger range of motion to turn the wheel. With the right hand you can go from 2 o'clock to 7 o'clock (counterclockwise), and with the left 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock. After one hand can no longer turn, you can quickly keep going with the other hand instead of having to push against the wheel to get leverage, like you must do while driving with one hand.
About the coordination issue you brought up, that is irrelevant. In a situation where someone has both hands on the wheel and needs to turn quickly, both hands should not be used simultaniously to turn, but in succession.
With two hands on the wheel, you have a larger range of motion to turn the wheel. With the right hand you can go from 2 o'clock to 7 o'clock (counterclockwise), and with the left 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock. After one hand can no longer turn, you can quickly keep going with the other hand instead of having to push against the wheel to get leverage, like you must do while driving with one hand.
About the coordination issue you brought up, that is irrelevant. In a situation where someone has both hands on the wheel and needs to turn quickly, both hands should not be used simultaniously to turn, but in succession.
Vic
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:roll: to this thread.I drive a manual and confess that I frequently drive one-handed (usually just my left hand at ~10 o'clock) during casual driving moments, but in any even remotely dicey situation (or just when I feel extra attention is needed) I switch instantly to two-handed (9 and 3). You have FAR more control with 2 hands than just 1.
NEVER drive with an underhand grip on the wheel. In an emergency situation, the wheel could spin out of your control and you could break your hand on one of the wheel spokes.
In a RWD car, you increase throttle to induce oversteer and decrease throttle to reduce it. If you are in an oversteer slide in an RWD with a manual trans, it is generally safer to throw in the clutch than to drop the gas suddenly, as coming off the throttle too quickly could cause an overcorrection.
In an FWD car, you decrease throttle to induce oversteer and increase to reduce it. Too much throttle can induce an nasty understeer condition.
AWD cars balance between the 2, with a tendency to understeer at turn-on and then to oversteer out of the apex.
DrPizza
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And his left hand is where? Can't be for shifting a manual, that's on the right...
Hmmm... his left hand must be... :X
spanking the monkey??
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