RE: Man drives 375 miles without hands
Monday 6th December 2004
Man drives 375 miles without hands
Guinness record book to blame
A man drove for 375 miles without using his hands in a bid to get into the record books. It took 15 hours for R S Santhosh Kumar to drive from Parassala, near Thiruvanthapuram in India, to Kasargod with his hands tied to the driver's seat.
The jewellery shop owner controlled the steering wheel, brake and clutch with his legs alone, reports Vijay Times. Kumar, from Neyyanttinkara in Kerala, said he had been training for the event for the past five years. The event was monitored by officials of the Limca Book of Records, India's version of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Discussion
For anybody who's been to India and travelled on their roads, you will know that the only control you actually NEED , or indeed want, to use on a regular basis is the horn and that there is only one law that everybody obeys - DO NOT HIT THE COWS !!! Everything/body else is fair game subject to where the vehicle you are in fits into the hierarchy of road users (BIG trucks at the top, lorries, coaches and down through cars, taxis, motorbikes, rickshaws, pedestrians etc.). Many Indians believe in divine intervention and when it's their turn to die, it's their turn to die. Therefore, they tend not to worry too much about what may or may not happen whilst they're on the roads. This chap who drove without using his hands was probably just testing to see if it was "his" turn and probably came to the conclusion that it wasn't . . . After all - he had been "training" for 5 years !!! A charmed life, I'm sure.
If he did it with his hands tied to the seat why are they in the air?
I did 975 miles between Newport News Va and Washington Missouri, USA hands free in an automatic once I got the car in gear and out of gear with my hands, all travel was hands free.
I just drove my freight truck and trailer over 780 miles the same way once I got to speed.
I did 975 miles between Newport News Va and Washington Missouri, USA hands free in an automatic once I got the car in gear and out of gear with my hands, all travel was hands free.
I just drove my freight truck and trailer over 780 miles the same way once I got to speed.
[quote]For anybody who's been to India and travelled on their roads, you will know that the only control you actually NEED , or indeed want, to use on a regular basis is the horn and that there is only one law that everybody obeys - DO NOT HIT THE COWS !!! Everything/body else is fair game subject to where the vehicle you are in fits into the hierarchy of road users (BIG trucks at the top, lorries, coaches and down through cars, taxis, motorbikes, rickshaws, pedestrians etc.). Many Indians believe in divine intervention and when it's their turn to die, it's their turn to die. Therefore, they tend not to worry too much about what may or may not happen whilst they're on the roads. This chap who drove without using his hands was probably just testing to see if it was "his" turn and probably came to the conclusion that it wasn't . . . After all - he had been "training" for 5 years !!! A charmed life, I'm sure.[/quote]
that explains all the shrines and deities that seem to cover the forward views out of buses and taxis there! not to mention cabbies that look like they escaped from mummy section of the museum or kids so young they just escaped from the womb!
that explains all the shrines and deities that seem to cover the forward views out of buses and taxis there! not to mention cabbies that look like they escaped from mummy section of the museum or kids so young they just escaped from the womb!
I once drove the 210 mile trip from Austin to Dallas Texas hands free except for using them for my shifter a couple of times in my 81' Nissan 280-ZX in 1982. I used my knees and feet only to steer, brake and clutch.
Of course I-35 is a very straight highway but I have no problem changing lanes and putting the car exactly where I need to. Makes eating easy too.
Of course I-35 is a very straight highway but I have no problem changing lanes and putting the car exactly where I need to. Makes eating easy too.
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