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Old 09-25-2009, 08:25 PM   #1
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Topic is as read. Im a one hander switching back and forth between on top and on the side.I have to admit I see a lot of people driving with two hands. Frankly it makes me rather uncomfortable. I get nervous when I see this. I wonder what this "fear" is called in medical terminology?

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Old 09-25-2009, 08:28 PM   #2
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Texting on my cell with one hand, flicking a smoke out the window with the other, doing 50 in a school zone, changing lanes without signaling and try to steer with my knees.
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always two hands.. left hand at 10:00 and right hand around 4:00
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:29 PM   #4
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Left at 7. Right at 2.

My new (old) truck is big and intimidating so I don't hold on for dear life anymore.
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:32 PM   #5
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Usually just one hand at the bottom. I love seeing girls drive, because they always have two hands perfectly positioned on either side of the wheel, it's cute.
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:33 PM   #6
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Left at 9, and right either on the shifter or at 3. I dunno, I've found that I feel pretty comfortable driving with both hands on the wheel. It gives me the race car feeling when I'm crusing in my all mighty Honda Civic!
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:38 PM   #7
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12 or 6 depending on laziness. I laugh at the white knucklers especially in winter. Holding the wheel tight doesn't make the car safer.
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:38 PM   #8
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Depends where I am. If I'm on the freeway going 90 mph then it's always both hands on the wheel....left hand at 7o clock right hand at 2-4 o clock. If I'm just driving in the city on regular streets going 35-40 mph hand then it changes up, sometimes 1 hand, sometimes both, but usually lazier about it.
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One hand at 2 and the other hand on top of her head........kidding, kiddin....that was bad, I know.
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Usually just one hand at the bottom. I love seeing girls drive, because they always have two hands perfectly positioned on either side of the wheel, it's cute.
that's me.. (holds on for dear life)
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:46 PM   #12
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Usually just my right hand on either the 12 or 2.
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Old 09-25-2009, 08:49 PM   #13
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Usually just my right hand on either the 12 or 2.
Weird. I think my right hand touches the wheel maybe once per month. I don't even know if I can drive with my right hand. And I'm right handed.

Left hand, 12 oclock 75% of the time, 9 oclock the rest of the time.
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I'm fairly similar to 4x4, left hand usually 11/12 o'clock and about 40% of the time I'm using both hands on the wheel 3 and 9 o'clock.
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Old 09-25-2009, 09:02 PM   #15
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Most often my left hand is at 12:00, and my right hand it resting on my gear shifter, but sometimes I hold the wheel at about 7:00.
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Old 09-25-2009, 09:08 PM   #16
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Hahaha. A couple years ago some basketball player was arrested in his SUV after crashing it and passing out. He was drunk, was watching porn on his in-dash DVD player, and had his wang out.
Jim Rome did his take on his show and made ample fun of him, and then the emails started pouring in...
One read: Dear Jim, my driving instructor taught me to position my hands at 10 oclock, 2 oclock. Not 12 oclock, 6 oclock.
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Pfft. Hands. Amateurs.
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Old 09-25-2009, 09:33 PM   #18
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I hold the steering wheel in my teeth.
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Elbow on the door, hand at 11:00.
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That's quite the penis and piece of poo.
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