Driving in flip flops
Discussion
king flip flops
hadleighhammer said:
Could you wear flip-flops or go barefoot for a driving test? If you could would suggest it is legal.
Still a stupid, unnecessary thing to do though. Takes about 1 minute to put some trainers on or even less for some deck shoes which won't fall off anywear near as easily. And I say that as someone who wears flip-flops in summer, but having had them slip off when simply walking around I would never drive in them as ultimately it is more of a risk. How much more is debatable, but still more of a risk.
Deck shoes? Come on! This is a car site for petrol heads, not some lightweight sailing club forum FFS!Still a stupid, unnecessary thing to do though. Takes about 1 minute to put some trainers on or even less for some deck shoes which won't fall off anywear near as easily. And I say that as someone who wears flip-flops in summer, but having had them slip off when simply walking around I would never drive in them as ultimately it is more of a risk. How much more is debatable, but still more of a risk.
Seriously thought, It's got to be safer to remove flip flops and put under the seat, or better still in the door pocket.
And as for 25 % of insurance cancellations. At best that stat is 25% of claims where the person admits to wearing flip flops have the claim declined.
Pothole said:
I can only assume that the insurers successfully argued that the footwear (or any of the other factors) was a major contributor to whatever prompted the claim.
So what if it was. That's what comp insurance is for, to pay up for making bad choices. Otherwise every time you hit someone in the rear, they could refuse to pay, because driving too close was a factor, or driving too fast was a factor, or not concentrating was a factor.Unless it says in the contract "we won't pay if you were wearing inappropriate footwear", then it makes no odds if the flip flops caused the accident. .
feef said:
andy_s said:
anonymous said:
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100% made up.https://www.connect-insurance.co.uk/news/2017/08/1...
There was a tv show on a month or so ago that showed a driver lose control of his car, narrowly missed people waiting at a bus stop before luckily avoiding a bus and other vehicles before jumping a safety barrier and rolling down an embankment, all caught on cctv from the bus!
The driver was charged with careless driving (i think it was) for wearing inappropriate footwear.
The driver was charged with careless driving (i think it was) for wearing inappropriate footwear.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
feef said:
andy_s said:
anonymous said:
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100% made up.https://www.connect-insurance.co.uk/news/2017/08/1...
No-where does it state that the actions listed will invalidate your insurance policy. Only that they "can". Huge difference. If your insurer can prove that you were an absolute dick to wear flip flops knowing full well that you would not be able to safely drive your car, and that this directly caused your accident, then maybe. The deliberately misleading inference that your policy will be voided if you wear flip flops is garbage.
feef said:
They are insurance brokers not an insurance company and they quote their source as The Daily Mail, obviously your first port of call for technically correct insurance advice.I believe the author may be their SEO Manager. The last article by an SEO quoted here was absolute garbage on "Act of God". Their job is not to give useful advice to the public but to get to the top of Search Engines pages.
Edited by CanAm on Tuesday 12th June 23:03
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Pothole said:
I can only assume that the insurers successfully argued that the footwear (or any of the other factors) was a major contributor to whatever prompted the claim.
So what if it was. That's what comp insurance is for, to pay up for making bad choices. Otherwise every time you hit someone in the rear, they could refuse to pay, because driving too close was a factor, or driving too fast was a factor, or not concentrating was a factor.Unless it says in the contract "we won't pay if you were wearing inappropriate footwear", then it makes no odds if the flip flops caused the accident. .
Saleen836 said:
There was a tv show on a month or so ago that showed a driver lose control of his car, narrowly missed people waiting at a bus stop before luckily avoiding a bus and other vehicles before jumping a safety barrier and rolling down an embankment, all caught on cctv from the bus!
The driver was charged with careless driving (i think it was) for wearing inappropriate footwear.
Did you see the charge sheet? If not, you only have the entertainment show producer's word for that. These shows are notoriously unreliable for that kind of thing, especially the differences between what someone is arrested for, charged with and/or convicted of.The driver was charged with careless driving (i think it was) for wearing inappropriate footwear.
I once had to drive girlfriends car on a short journey, had my flip flops on but wasn't going far and the car's automatic, so I thought it would be fine. It felt horrible. Foot was slipping around too much, felt I couldn't get any purchase on the pedal, so I just kicked it off and drove barefoot instead...but even that isn't very comfortable I find. Wouldn't even attempt driving my own manual car with flip flops.
The Dangerous Elk said:
Flip Flops make my feet sweat so I would never drive in them, plus unless you are on a beach they are massively Chav (add in those rubber shoe things)
Yes, proper landed elite wear Colorado's, made from leather, not plastic.https://www.colorado.com.au/GRECO-Bark-Crazyhorse-...
I've had the same pair of these for 16 years and they aren't giving up any time soon.
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