“10 and 2” Is No Longer the Right Way to Hold Your Steering Wheel

[longknife]

Surprise you?


Think about it. What happens when you get into a crash?

Blame airbags, says NBC News, in a 2012 report that recently resurfaced on MetaFilter. They’re designed to protect your head and chest in a crash. But if your arms are too high up on the steering wheel, the deploying airbag can smash them into your face, causing injury. The chemical reaction that inflates the airbag can also injure your hands, sometimes requiring amputation.

Instead, put your hands at opposite sides of the wheel: “9 and 3.” An AAA representative tells NBC News that this position is also more ergonomic in general, giving the driver better control of the car.

Lastly, when you turn the wheel, don’t do the old hand-over-hand maneuver, crossing your arms over in front of the wheel. Just pull down with one hand and up with the other, keeping both on the wheel.

Get with the times: You’re driving all wrong | NBC News

From https://lifehacker.com/the-way-you-hold-your-steering-wheel-could-seriously-in-1830984310

 

[Marion Morrison]

Surprise you?


Think about it. What happens when you get into a crash?

Blame airbags, says NBC News, in a 2012 report that recently resurfaced on MetaFilter. They’re designed to protect your head and chest in a crash. But if your arms are too high up on the steering wheel, the deploying airbag can smash them into your face, causing injury. The chemical reaction that inflates the airbag can also injure your hands, sometimes requiring amputation.

Instead, put your hands at opposite sides of the wheel: “9 and 3.” An AAA representative tells NBC News that this position is also more ergonomic in general, giving the driver better control of the car.

Lastly, when you turn the wheel, don’t do the old hand-over-hand maneuver, crossing your arms over in front of the wheel. Just pull down with one hand and up with the other, keeping both on the wheel.

Get with the times: You’re driving all wrong | NBC News

From https://lifehacker.com/the-way-you-hold-your-steering-wheel-could-seriously-in-1830984310

Thanks for that! I pull the airbag fuse.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

It's been this way for a while. I was told 9 and 3 back when I took Driver's Ed in high school and that was in 1998.

 

[Marion Morrison]

It's been this way for a while. I was told 9 and 3 back when I took Driver's Ed in high school and that was in 1998.

Thanks fer making a feller feel old.

 

[rightwinger]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

 

[theHawk]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

 

[Pogo]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Crinimal! You're in Jersey.

 

[Tax Man]

Thank goodness I keep one hand on the wheel with elbow on the door, my other hand is resting on my lap. Never did use 10 and 3. I grew up with suicide knobs so there was no two hands driving for me.

 

[rightwinger]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

 

[rightwinger]

When I drove a stick, I would have my left hand at 12 and my right hand on the shifter

I could do all my steering with just my left hand

 

[theHawk]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Driving while using a cell phone does kill people. That’s why it’s banned in many states and countries.

 

[Pogo]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Guns don't kill people... bullets kill people.

 

[whitehall]

Where does your left hand need to be if your right hand is texting?

 

[rightwinger]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Driving while using a cell phone does kill people. That’s why it’s banned in many states and countries.

Only those who lack proper training

 

[WillMunny]

Oh hell....back in my early 20s, regrettably drugged-out days, when I used to do large amounts of liquid LSD, my car simply drove by itself! I'd lean my seat back, kick back and wave hi to all the people and UFO aliens I saw outside my car windows.

Sometimes, while tripping on acid, I'd try to drive by the reflectors in the middle of the road. But at some point the reflectors would start going up and down and sideways and around and around in several loops at a time. I'll be damned if I knew how I got home safely without crashing. Lots of times when I looked at the 5 gears on my stick shift, I remember I suddenly wanted to put it into R for "reality."

So yes, I freely admit my hands weren't and 10 and 2 on the steering wheel at the time because from my perception it was moving on its own.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Driving while using a cell phone does kill people. That’s why it’s banned in many states and countries.

I second this. A boy that I used to work with years ago crashed into a tree and was killed instantly because of his cell phone usage.

God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

 

[Crepitus]

Surprise you?


Think about it. What happens when you get into a crash?

Blame airbags, says NBC News, in a 2012 report that recently resurfaced on MetaFilter. They’re designed to protect your head and chest in a crash. But if your arms are too high up on the steering wheel, the deploying airbag can smash them into your face, causing injury. The chemical reaction that inflates the airbag can also injure your hands, sometimes requiring amputation.

Instead, put your hands at opposite sides of the wheel: “9 and 3.” An AAA representative tells NBC News that this position is also more ergonomic in general, giving the driver better control of the car.

Lastly, when you turn the wheel, don’t do the old hand-over-hand maneuver, crossing your arms over in front of the wheel. Just pull down with one hand and up with the other, keeping both on the wheel.

Get with the times: You’re driving all wrong | NBC News

From https://lifehacker.com/the-way-you-hold-your-steering-wheel-could-seriously-in-1830984310

This isn't news, they've been telling folks this sine the late 1980s.

 

[Crepitus]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Guns don't kill people... bullets kill people.

Bullets don't kill people, the holes they leave do.

 

[Pogo]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Guns don't kill people... bullets kill people.

Bullets don't kill people, the holes they leave do.

The holes bullets leave don't kill people, the loss of all the blood pouring out of them does.

 

[Crepitus]

9 and 3?

How are you supposed to hold your cell phone?

Cell phone use has been banned while driving. Problem solved. Just like gun control.

Cell phones don’t kill people...guns kill people

Guns don't kill people... bullets kill people.

Bullets don't kill people, the holes they leave do.

The holes bullets leave don't kill people, the loss of all the blood pouring out of them does.

Blood loss doesn't kill people, it's the lack of oxygen to the brain that kills people.