Driving shoes or barefoot ?
Discussion
This summer I've been driving barefoot after taking my flip flops off before setting off , this morning I went out for a blast wearing my old trainers.
The raised heel of my trainers felt almost alien and put my leg into a different position than I've been used to making it almost uncomfortable to drive.
Do you wear specific shoes for driving ?
The raised heel of my trainers felt almost alien and put my leg into a different position than I've been used to making it almost uncomfortable to drive.
Do you wear specific shoes for driving ?
Buster73 said:
This summer I've been driving barefoot after taking my flip flops off before setting off , this morning I went out for a blast wearing my old trainers.
The raised heel of my trainers felt almost alien and put my leg into a different position than I've been used to making it almost uncomfortable to drive.
Do you wear specific shoes for driving ?
Should we assume that you're a Boxster owner, by virtue of being a flip-fop wearer...?The raised heel of my trainers felt almost alien and put my leg into a different position than I've been used to making it almost uncomfortable to drive.
Do you wear specific shoes for driving ?
I would never drive a car without footwear which is properly secured to my foot and certainly not barefoot.
From an RAC blog:
There’s a great level of uncertainty surrounding whether or not it’s illegal to drive barefoot in the UK, with numerous reasons cited as to why you’re breaking the law if you do so.
While these may all be valid points, none of them are technically correct. Here is the law in a nutshell: it is not illegal to drive in the UK with no shoes on.
You can, in other words, get behind the wheel of a vehicle barefoot, provided you are able to operate the controls safely. If you do so with wet feet, for example, you might be putting yourself, your passengers and other road users at risk by not being able to drive the car safely. This is illegal.
However, driving with no shoes on doesn’t mean it’s right. According to the Driving Standards Agency – the body that regulates the UK driving test – “suitable shoes are particularly important behind the wheel. We would not recommend driving barefoot because you don’t have the same braking force with bare feet as you do with shoes on.”
There are some basic guidelines you should follow when selecting footwear to drive in. Your shoe should:
Have a sole no thicker than 10mm…
… but the sole should not be too thin or soft
Provide enough grip to stop your foot slipping off the pedals
Not be too heavy
Not limit ankle movement
Be narrow enough to avoid accidentally depressing two pedals at once
This does technically categorise some types of footwear – such as high-heels and flip-flops – unsuitable for piloting a car.
http://www.rac.co.uk/community/blog/rac-blog/decem...
From an RAC blog:
There’s a great level of uncertainty surrounding whether or not it’s illegal to drive barefoot in the UK, with numerous reasons cited as to why you’re breaking the law if you do so.
While these may all be valid points, none of them are technically correct. Here is the law in a nutshell: it is not illegal to drive in the UK with no shoes on.
You can, in other words, get behind the wheel of a vehicle barefoot, provided you are able to operate the controls safely. If you do so with wet feet, for example, you might be putting yourself, your passengers and other road users at risk by not being able to drive the car safely. This is illegal.
However, driving with no shoes on doesn’t mean it’s right. According to the Driving Standards Agency – the body that regulates the UK driving test – “suitable shoes are particularly important behind the wheel. We would not recommend driving barefoot because you don’t have the same braking force with bare feet as you do with shoes on.”
There are some basic guidelines you should follow when selecting footwear to drive in. Your shoe should:
Have a sole no thicker than 10mm…
… but the sole should not be too thin or soft
Provide enough grip to stop your foot slipping off the pedals
Not be too heavy
Not limit ankle movement
Be narrow enough to avoid accidentally depressing two pedals at once
This does technically categorise some types of footwear – such as high-heels and flip-flops – unsuitable for piloting a car.
http://www.rac.co.uk/community/blog/rac-blog/decem...
markiii said:
RichB said:
like shoes?
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