Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Posts: 374
Location: McLean, VA, USA
Posted:
Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:18 pm
How you sit does affect how you drive. In order to be able to steer away in case of emergency, one should have some room for his arms to move.
Unfortunately, many drivers do not realize this. Some drivers sit too far or too "relaxed", so they can hardly reach for the lower part of a steering wheel. Most drivers “hang” on a steering wheel. From those positions there is no way they can react to emergency by steering away – they just can't turn steering wheel back and forth fast enough. That leaves them with the single option: brake as hard as you can. Sometimes this is just not enough.
One more problem with "hanging" sitting style surfaced recently, when airbags where introduced. Airbags are designed to save a person buckled up in a proper position. If you hang on the wheel, airbag will injure you or even may kill you instead of saving. I've read numerous reports on this on the Internet.
Sitting properly is not a rocket science at all. Everyone can do this. However, there is a common problem of replacing an old bad habit with a new good one. That hard part of how you are going to do this you have to figure out by yourself - everybody is different, and you know yourself much better than I possibly can. I just can tell you what the good habit is in this case.
First, you adjust your seat position, so your legs are comfortable depressing pedals all the way down. Second, you grab the upper part of the steering wheel with your right hand, and adjust your seat’s back angle so your arm is not bent in the elbow, and your back is snug in the seat back. And that’s it! Now your arms have enough room to turn steering wheel as fast as they can, your legs have enough room to press and release the pedals, and your airbag has enough room to work properly, if needed.
This girl sits too far
This girl sits too close
This girl sits just right
Last edited by Misha on Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:13 pm; edited 11 times in total
Joined: Oct 05, 2008
Posts: 20
Location: Albuquerque NM
Posted:
Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:14 am
Very good.
Also needed is instruction on how to hold the steering wheel. Too many drivers hold the steering wheel in such a manner that they have less than optimal control. The 10 o'clock 2 o'clock and 9 o'clock 3 o'clock positions are good. However, there is a fad to use the 7 o'clock 5 o'clock position, i.e., both hands near the bottom of the steering wheel, the idea being that doing so reduces the chances of having the air bag break an arm. However, that reduces control and makes it less convenient to operate the turn signal.
I guess that I'm lucky because the seating position and hands positions that I find most comfortable are the recommended ones.
I was wondering, if I buy custom seat covers for my car will it effect my placement? I supposed I can always adjust the seat to the right position but if I have to move it back too far then the people sitting behind me might get uncomfortable. Just wondering if this will be a problem. Thanks
I think proper sitting method is very much important for learn driving. I faced many problem on first time but by the suggestion from you and also from
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i feel easy to learn driving.
Thank you friends.
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