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abumbyanyothername Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:41 PM
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Right hand on top,usually.
Sometimes, 2 and 7.

By the way, we were taught 10 and 2 in Driver's Ed in Council Bluffs, circa 1972.
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  -Poll on how you hold your Steering Wheel BlueJazz  Aug-12-09 07:37 PM   #0 
  - Other  Ian David   Aug-12-09 07:38 PM   #1 
  - I'm really only comfortable with two hands on the wheel.  Demoiselle   Aug-12-09 08:01 PM   #37 
  - I confess the one arm resting on the window thing.  mamaleah   Aug-12-09 07:39 PM   #2 
  - I use my knee if I'm eating at the time or hitting the bong  NightWatcher   Aug-12-09 07:39 PM   #3 
  - Your not the only one...  Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel   Aug-12-09 07:49 PM   #22 
  - or rolling a dubie  madokie   Aug-12-09 07:52 PM   #26 
  - I knew a guy who could steer with his willie  pipi_k   Aug-12-09 07:55 PM   #30 
  - Steer? I use mine for braking. n/t  DCKit   Aug-12-09 08:45 PM   #43 
     - As long as you don't drive this...  reflection   Aug-13-09 07:28 AM   #66 
  - My ex does that. It really got on my nerves  ecstatic   Aug-12-09 11:24 PM   #53 
  - Left hand on the wheel...I'm a chain smoker  mitchum   Aug-12-09 07:39 PM   #4 
  - 10 and 2 or with my knee.  John Q. Citizen   Aug-12-09 07:40 PM   #5 
  - 2:10 as well. It's the right way.  AzNick   Aug-12-09 11:25 PM   #54 
  - +2  ThomWV   Aug-13-09 07:24 AM   #65 
  - I picked 9 and 3, but it's really like 8 and 4  Maru Kitteh   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   #6 
  - Do you drive a truck or bus?  mwooldri   Aug-12-09 11:13 PM   #50 
     - Fantastic insight! I drove an International truck.  Maru Kitteh   Aug-13-09 03:19 AM   #60 
  - um, that last three and....  Newshues   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   #7 
  - Hahah - am trying to picture how you did that  Chemisse   Aug-12-09 07:52 PM   #27 
     - easier than you think  Newshues   Aug-12-09 11:08 PM   #49 
        - What a great story - really lucky you excaped disaster  Chemisse   Aug-13-09 06:11 AM   #64 
  - Varies. If I'm driving seriously on a course, 10-2/9-3 generally.  BlooInBloo   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   #8 
  - Right hand on top,usually.  abumbyanyothername   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   # 
  - Left hand on the wheel, right on the stick shift.  tridim   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   #9 
  - Same here.  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-12-09 07:44 PM   #14 
     - I'm going to miss 5-speeds when they finally phase them out.  tridim   Aug-12-09 07:55 PM   #33 
        - Yeah I was thinking of that the other day.  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-12-09 07:58 PM   #34 
           - Yea, I might consider that.. But it wont be the same  tridim   Aug-12-09 08:12 PM   #39 
              - Yeah the acceleration is the one thing that makes up  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-12-09 08:19 PM   #41 
  - You left out steering with your legs category /nt  still_one   Aug-12-09 07:41 PM   #10 
  - Years ago, one super cold morning I drove 5 miles to highschool with just my legs  tridim   Aug-12-09 07:44 PM   #13 
     - LOL /nt  still_one   Aug-12-09 11:42 PM   #56 
  - I don't do the ledge thing since a big ass truck rammed into my door...  polichick   Aug-12-09 07:42 PM   #11 
  - One handed roller here......  marmar   Aug-12-09 07:44 PM   #12 
  - 10 and 2 because of air bag.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Aug-12-09 07:45 PM   #15 
  - i do the last three, but arm out window most, so hit that vote. nt  seabeyond   Aug-12-09 07:45 PM   #16 
  - 10 and 2  havocmom   Aug-12-09 07:45 PM   #17 
  - Same here  etherealtruth   Aug-12-09 07:53 PM   #29 
  - Smoking, talking on the cell phone and driving with my knees...  Rick Myers   Aug-12-09 07:45 PM   #18 
  - They're teaching the kids to use 4 and 8 now.  HopeHoops   Aug-12-09 07:47 PM   #19 
  - 10 & 2  Lagomorph   Aug-12-09 07:50 PM   #25 
     - They just told us 10/2 - but that was late 70's.  HopeHoops   Aug-12-09 09:06 PM   #45 
        - 4 & 8 Keeps your arms away from airbags...  Lagomorph   Aug-13-09 02:18 AM   #59 
           - WHOA! I never thought of that!  HopeHoops   Aug-13-09 08:25 AM   #67 
  - Right hand feeling up the girl in the right seat  Milspec   Aug-12-09 07:48 PM   #20 
  - 10 & 2  jannyk   Aug-12-09 07:49 PM   #21 
  - Other: Left knee on bottom, both hands on iPhone emailing, texting, mapping, etc...  NYC_SKP   Aug-12-09 07:50 PM   #23 
  - Dr Pepper  MindPilot   Aug-12-09 07:50 PM   #24 
  - Depends on where I'm driving...I've done all of them at one time or another  pipi_k   Aug-12-09 07:52 PM   #28 
  - I steer strictly by the power of my mind using psycho-kinetic energy.  scarletwoman   Aug-12-09 07:55 PM   #31 
  - It really depends. If I am nervous or anything, like going through construction  ejpoeta   Aug-12-09 07:55 PM   #32 
  - I like to let my steering wheel tell me how it wants to be held...  LooseWilly   Aug-12-09 07:58 PM   #35 
  - Left hand on wheel, elbow on window normally, with my knee when I'm rollin' a J.  cherokeeprogressive   Aug-12-09 08:00 PM   #36 
  - two hands, 7 and 4  msedano   Aug-12-09 08:08 PM   #38 
  - what!? Nobody does 7:45 and 4:15?  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-12-09 11:53 PM   #58 
  - 10 and 2. Almost all of the time.  JimWis   Aug-12-09 08:13 PM   #40 
  - actually 10 and 2.  ellenfl   Aug-12-09 08:31 PM   #42 
  - You beat me to it. I learned that it was 10 and 2. 9 & 3 is a wide stance, for repubs only  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-12-09 11:52 PM   #57 
  - Depends on my mood  reformedrethug   Aug-12-09 08:47 PM   #44 
  - I mostly use my knees because one of my hands is holding the cell phone and the .......  Stinky The Clown   Aug-12-09 09:10 PM   #46 
  - Left hand on wheel, arm on car window ledge  michreject   Aug-12-09 09:11 PM   #47 
  - Left hand around 11 o'clock, right hand on the gearshift.  flvegan   Aug-12-09 09:13 PM   #48 
  - Two hands at 8 and 4  PSzymeczek   Aug-12-09 11:21 PM   #51 
  - Depends on my speed, type of road, and width of lanes  ecstatic   Aug-12-09 11:23 PM   #52 
  - 8 and 4. Shuffle steering that they teach at stunt driver's school.  Beer on a stick   Aug-12-09 11:31 PM   #55 
  - Varies.  proteus_lives   Aug-13-09 03:44 AM   #61 
  - Remember those little knobs called  timtom   Aug-13-09 05:50 AM   #62 
  - Other - two hands on at 10 of 3. I used to drive trucks, and I have seen  old mark   Aug-13-09 06:03 AM   #63 
  - Both hands gripping tightly  lunatica   Aug-13-09 08:33 AM   #68 
  - Middle Fingers extended at 10 and 2  kenny blankenship   Aug-13-09 09:32 AM   #69 
 

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