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Originally Posted by christiangirl
Just curious--how do you feel about drivers who simply prefer to drive with one hand on the wheel?
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Oh, you mean like my husband? Who's halfway down our street before he fastens his seat belt? Letting go of the steering wheel completely while he does so - on a windy twisty road?
If you can control the car well with one hand on the steering wheel, good for you. But I would feel nervous as a passenger in a car where the driver had only one hand on the wheel if conditions were dicey (heavy traffic, rain, snow, etc).
I myself keep my hands at 10 and 2. My right hand leaves the wheel only to shift gears and occasionally to futz with the radio or air conditioning/heating. When I make a turn, I do hand-over-hand to make the turn and then I do hand-over-hand back to the straight-ahead position rather than just letting the wheel return to straight-ahead by itself. I also never use cruise control. I like to be in control of the car at all times...
Yet I drive an automatic and couldn't drive stick to save my life. (Go ahead and laugh.) Learning to drive stick is on my bucket list, though.
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