View Full Version : Shocking question. Why...



Prunepicker
01-09-2014, 05:34 PM
... do guys drive with their left hand on the steering wheel and their right arm
over the back of the seat next to them when there isn't a babe in the seat?

In the words of the King of Siam, "tis a puzzlement."

boscorama
01-09-2014, 07:13 PM
Changing positions. There are only so many places to put one's arms, you know.

Dustin
01-09-2014, 08:17 PM
I drive like that. It's just comfortable.

It feels weird to drive with my right hand even though I'm right handed.

Prunepicker
01-09-2014, 08:26 PM
Changing positions. There are only so many places to put one's arms, you know.
That makes some sense. I said some sense.

Prunepicker
01-09-2014, 08:27 PM
I drive like that. It's just comfortable.

It feels weird to drive with my right hand even though I'm right handed.
That's a good one. Were you on the Hefner Speedway today? That's where
I discovered the question.

gjl
01-09-2014, 08:45 PM
Must not have a console then.

Jersey Boss
01-09-2014, 08:59 PM
Probably has something to do with the door being on your left side. Would the same hold true in countries that have RHD?

Garin
01-09-2014, 09:07 PM
Drive with my right unless I'm using my knee.

boscorama
01-09-2014, 09:15 PM
I switch hands left and right (get it?). Like putting my left arm out the window on a decent day.

ctchandler
01-09-2014, 09:23 PM
Jersey Boss,
I have driven thousands of miles in Great Britain and Ireland and it doesn't really change what I do with my hands/arms.
C. T.
Probably has something to do with the door being on your left side. Would the same hold true in countries that have RHD?

kevinpate
01-09-2014, 10:58 PM
Now Prune, just because you can't see the babe, that doesn't mean she ain't there in the mind of the driver.
Some folks, they daydream.

OKCisOK4me
01-10-2014, 12:21 AM
Copycat society? Just sayin. I probably started doing it cause that's how everyone I rode with when I was a kid drove. Obviously you start out at 10 and 2 but everyone fades away from that over time so it's my guess that subconscious wins out.

MadMonk
01-10-2014, 05:32 AM
Because it's too cold to hang your left arm out the window. ;)