One handed driving...

Keith Gregg · Mar 17, 2017

This is a habit I am desperately trying to break as taking the sharper bends is a lot better with both hands on the wheel (feeding the wheel)...it is a habit I picked up before I passed my driving test IRL (31 years ago lol and I still remember my instructor bollocking me for it) and I just cant shake it.
Being a Brit I have my rig setup for right hand driving, using the left hand to shift but I tend to just leave my left hand on the gear stick...very naughty...I REALLY need to break this habit lol.
Regards

garyjpaterson · Mar 17, 2017

This guy also needs to break the habit.

Brandon Wright · Mar 17, 2017

garyjpaterson said:
This guy also needs to break the habit.

Tease!

garyjpaterson · Mar 17, 2017

Brandon Wright said:
Tease!

An almost 1 year old tease...

Brandon Wright · Mar 17, 2017

garyjpaterson said:
An almost 1 year old tease...

Feels like 10...

bondyboy · Mar 17, 2017

do people still feed the wheel more than a year after passing their test?!?

In AC both my hands are usually in a fixed place and rarely need to apply more than 90 degrees either side, feeding would just slow it down

arthur666 · Mar 17, 2017

What would Freud say about people who like to leave their hand, firmly gripping a protruding knob that throbs along with the transmission of their powerful automobile?

(Probably: "Sometimes a shift knob is just a shift knob. Now pass the cocaine, Bubby.)

Brandon Wright · Mar 17, 2017

bondyboy said:
do people still feed the wheel more than a year after passing their test?!?

In AC both my hands are usually in a fixed place and rarely need to apply more than 90 degrees either side, feeding would just slow it down

I learned to shuffle steer from my AutoX instructor, I do it at AutoX events, every day in my car, and even in sims sometimes (but like you said, in sims I rarely need to turn my wheel enough to necessitate it).

Keith Gregg · Mar 17, 2017

Yeah I usually have a tight steering wheel but I was just trying out some advice that was given out during last wednesdays rookie event...about having as much turn as possible on your wheel....i.e the full 900.

UMC 22 · Mar 17, 2017

I drive almost constantly one-handed in my real van, to the point where sitting with my hands at 10 and 2 feels weird and uncomfortable. Yet whenever I sim race, the habit just seems to disappear with no conscious effort and I have two hands on the wheel unless shifting. No idea why.

arthur666 · Mar 17, 2017

10 and 2 does feel weird. Always 9 and 3 for me. Any car, sim or not.

Brandon Wright · Mar 17, 2017

arthur666 said:
10 and 2 does feel weird. Always 9 and 3 for me. Any car, sim or not.

Same here.

UMC 22 · Mar 17, 2017

arthur666 said:
10 and 2 does feel weird. Always 9 and 3 for me. Any car, sim or not.

Indeed, same for me when sim racing. 10 & 2 is what you're taught here though. But then, most of the crap you learn on driving lessons is exactly that... crap. But that's another issue...

Brandon Wright · Mar 17, 2017

Ross Garland said:
Indeed, same for me when sim racing. 10 & 2 is what you're taught here though. But then, most of the crap you learn on driving lessons is exactly that... crap. But that's another issue...

Yeah, they teach 10 & 2 in Murica as well but it's rubbish advice. Even the car insurance company recommends 9 & 3. Like you said, just one more rubbish thing we're taught in school.

Fernando Zart · Mar 17, 2017

10 & 2 may make (some) sense when driving small cockpit open wheelers with stiff wheels that only need a nudge to change car's direction. It would require way less effort and arm movement than 9 & 3. Any other car (race or not) that demands more turning at wheel is better handled by 9 & 3. Anyway, it is like wine (or everything else in life): te best one is the one that you like.

Keith Gregg · Mar 17, 2017

Ross Garland said:
I drive almost constantly one-handed in my real van, to the point where sitting with my hands at 10 and 2 feels weird and uncomfortable. Yet whenever I sim race, the habit just seems to disappear with no conscious effort and I have two hands on the wheel unless shifting. No idea why.

Aye...the first 7.5 tonne I ever had to drive had a knob on the steering wheel just for steering one handed lol...I think they are illegal now.

UMC 22 · Mar 17, 2017

Keith Gregg said:
Aye...the first 7.5 tonne I ever had to drive had a knob on the steering wheel just for steering one handed lol...I think they are illegal now.

You might be right. I can't remember the last time I saw one on anything but a forklift/reach truck. Not sure why as I don't see the danger. Amputees and others with physical limitations are still allowed to use them on their specially adapted cars though.

Keith Gregg · Mar 17, 2017

arthur666 said:
What would Freud say about people who like to leave their hand, firmly gripping a protruding knob that throbs along with the transmission of their powerful automobile?

I don't know...I will ask my Mother....A boys best friend is his Mother

bondyboy · Mar 18, 2017

10 and 2 was before airbags, with 9 & 3 you're less likely to have broken thumbs or smash yourself in the head when the airbags go off

bondyboy · Mar 18, 2017

Keith Gregg said:
Yeah I usually have a tight steering wheel but I was just trying out some advice that was given out during last wednesdays rookie event...about having as much turn as possible on your wheel....i.e the full 900.

oh I've still got the full 1080 (or whatever the car is at the time) but just don't need to use any more steering for most situations