Steering hand positioning

[Creampuff]

you forgot to mention the ones that drive with their hands over the front of the wheel and steer with wrists( the poofter drivers).
Also, the right arm hanging down the outside of the door(pure ).

[Creampuff]

after pure was a naughty word...sorry

[Feathers]

I have the FPV wheel, so my hands are in the moulded bits at 9 and 3.
Or right hand on 3 and left wrist leaning on the shifter if I'm cruising.

[GS608]

depends, sometimes 9 and 3 with two hands sometimes one hand at around 5, other times a hand at around 2 with my elbow on the doortrim.

[alecrain]

Originally Posted by Tobey

Right hand at 2 with elbow on door sill and other hand at 6 with two fingers on the wheel and arm resting on legs.

However spirited driving will see 10 and 2...

Exactly how I drive :

[tapeworm]

Originally Posted by Ives

I dont get anyone that drive like this :- (actually it's pretty lame)




Does that position give the car an extra 10 - 20 kW or something?

My buddy ol' pal drives his XR6 this way, he thinks he is tough
I have the 2-3 o'clock right hander with the elbow on the door pull purely because i'm too lazy to hold my arms weight up.

[Jeeepers]

Originally Posted by TadKa

has anyone else worn a spot on the doortrim from their elbow?

+ one.

[clontarf_x]

+1 for wearing door trim.

RHS 3 O'clock and gearshift for highway cruising, 3&9 on the Momo grips for cornering/at speeds.

[Ives]

What if the steering wheel is like this :-

[vanman_75]

dont think i have driven two handed in 20 years ,since the old fairlane, power steering fixed that.
eccept on me bike , in traffic hand at 3 hand on stick ,never buy auto so thats how it is and cruising /highway miles is 1 finger at 6

[BlackLS]

Cruising: Right - Index and thumb around the 3 o'clock spoke. Left - about 6 o'clock on the inside of the wheel.

Driving: 9 and 3, or right hand on 1oclock and left at 3 if shifting up and down on bumpy and bendy roads. If my right hand was at 3, the bumps and dips in the road would effect my steering when shifting.

Parking: Habitual right hand palmer.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Ives

I dont get anyone that drive like this :- (actually it's pretty lame)




Does that position give the car an extra 10 - 20 kW or something?

You have to be thouroughly braced when the V-Tec kicks in Yo.

[HLC]

Originally Posted by stalker

i drive with one had, about 3 oclock too, the other sits around the gear stick, but quite often cornering i will use 2 hands.

ditto.

if my hand is at 3 oclock, my elbow will be on the sill. otherwise my hand will be at 12 o clock.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by stalker

i drive with one had, about 3 oclock too, the other sits around the gear stick, but quite often cornering i will use 2 hands.

Pretty much the same.

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by OJ_Pursuit

All those people that voted 10 and 2 for spirited driving would get an instant fail, if you were to swerve to miss something, or try to correct some oversteer with opposite lock, your arms would cross each other ... then game over.
9 and 3, with your arms slightly bent is the most effective way of maintaining control of the wheel, because you have a greater range of steering before you have to move your hands.
Just watch a professional race car driver to see why.
The 10 and 2 hand position used to be a law back in the day, because that way the cops could make sure you had both hands on the wheel.

Yeah, but driving on the roads is different to a professional racing environment. I just came back from about 400 kays of very spirited mountain driving and not once did my arms cross over. Why? Because I used the push/pull technique, which gives FAAAAR better control than keeping your hands locked at 9 & 3.

[WindsorXR]

I've got a manual so I drive with one near the gearstick and the other is at about 2-3 o'clock. then I have my arm resting on the top of the trim

[Mongoose]

Originally Posted by BSSXR8

I've got a manual so I drive with one near the gearstick and the other is at about 2-3 o'clock. then I have my arm resting on the top of the trim

yep, same here. Except for cornering or car parks then it becomes 9 and 3 and some serious palming (especially in the buick...)

[LOWBA6]

In the fairmont(manual) one on the gearstick the other at 2 or 3 with elbow on the trim. I hate how it wears away but its comfortable. In the ba at 2 or 12 depends how i feel.

[ayeyew]

Left hand at 9 or 10 o'clock here.. i think.

I have never really paid attention ,lol

[Creampuff]

Cruisin' - left hand at 12 and right at 3. Serious - 10 and 2

[BIGJB]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Yeah, but driving on the roads is different to a professional racing environment. I just came back from about 400 kays of very spirited mountain driving and not once did my arms cross over. Why? Because I used the push/pull technique, which gives FAAAAR better control than keeping your hands locked at 9 & 3.

Very spirited..... couldn't have said it better myself. lol
how I hold the wheel really depends where or more importantly how I
am driving the car at that particular point in time.
I usually only use my right hand if I'm cruising with my elbow resting on the arm
rest.

[freaky]

ever since i did the fpv drive day. i drive both hands on the wheel. 10 and 2.

even if cruising, if you need to instantly react or swerve, 1 hand isn't going to cut it.

I learnt this well and good on the drive day, and would never go back to driving with only 1 hand again.

[TZENU]

Right hand at 12, left elbow on centre console and head slightly tilted to the left so i can just see the VL turbo ahead of me

[Dezza]

Mine varies between 1 hand at 3.00 and the other on the center console, or at both 3 and 9. The previous owners left a bit of an arm groove in the console lid that thankfully isn't noticeable, but it's at the perfect spot. Amazing they did that because it was auto back then.

[OJ_Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Yeah, but driving on the roads is different to a professional racing environment. I just came back from about 400 kays of very spirited mountain driving and not once did my arms cross over. Why? Because I used the push/pull technique, which gives FAAAAR better control than keeping your hands locked at 9 & 3.

Wow, so you are quick enough to push pull to avoid an accident????
I think you are kidding yourself mate.
What I am trying to say is 10 and 2 doesn't give you as much available wheel lock, as 9 and 3 does, before your arms cross.

And one other thing, its proven that if you have our hands at 9 and 3 in an airbag equipped vehicle, you significantly reduce the chances of burns or injuries to your arms, simply because they are out of the way of the bag when it goes off.
Also arms slightly bent reduces the chances of breaking your arms in an accident also.

Those who drive with one arm out the window should think about how much they value their limbs too.

Thanks.

[azaxr8]

lol,stop being so negative ojpursuit. I've done 3 defense driving courses as im required to for my work. 10-2 push and pull is the most effective method of controlling a car during a time of need. but i guess proffesionals are wrong and your right. If you have straight arms driving 10-2 then you obviously need to move your seat forward.


But your right and we are all wrong.

i used to drive at 12 i guess all young blokes do it when they first get there licence. i find it very comfortable and as much as some people say its the worst when coming to incidents. due to oversteering at important times. I have been caught a few times up here dodging kangaroos with a 1 hand on 12 and i have maintained control of the car at 80-110ks a hour while missing it.

As for people who drive with a arm out the window, i just laughed hard.

[jcxr]

one hand on the s/wheel, one hand on the B&m shifter, eyes on the tacho, yeeehaaa!!!!

[TUF_302]

Right hand at 2, the other changin gears!, if im cruising my left hand is on 10 tho, only thing is i need to have my seat right back as my legs are very long and my arms have to be nearly strait for me to be comfy behind the wheel!

[OJ_Pursuit]

Originally Posted by azaxr8

lol,stop being so negative ojpursuit. I've done 3 defense driving courses as im required to for my work. 10-2 push and pull is the most effective method of controlling a car during a time of need. but i guess proffesionals are wrong and your right. If you have straight arms driving 10-2 then you obviously need to move your seat forward.


But your right and we are all wrong.

i used to drive at 12 i guess all young blokes do it when they first get there licence. i find it very comfortable and as much as some people say its the worst when coming to incidents. due to oversteering at important times. I have been caught a few times up here dodging kangaroos with a 1 hand on 12 and i have maintained control of the car at 80-110ks a hour while missing it.

As for people who drive with a arm out the window, i just laughed hard.

Im not being negative, its just the truth of the matter, next time you sit in your car (if you have an airbag equipped wheel) put your hands at 10 and 2 like the professionals told you, and then think about that airbag going off in your face. At 10 and 2 your hands would be lucky if they dont get blown off the wheel. Then as you are projected forwards in an impact, how do you stop your arms from going through the windscreen... Think about it really carefully now... It may save your life one day!

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by OJ_Pursuit

Wow, so you are quick enough to push pull to avoid an accident????
I think you are kidding yourself mate.

Who is kidding who? I'll drive the way I like, whilst giving MY OPINION about what I think, because, afterall, that what the original poster did ask for.

By the way, yes I do think I could push pull in enough time to avoid an accident, but of course, there is no way that I could do that though, right? :