Driving poll

[Nessa 23]

Please share.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I have two different vehicles I drive almost daily. I have different bad habits for each. Mostly, I am just trying to stay comfortable for the miles I put on daily.

[scandal 951]

have sex while driving

When Amby answers this poll, expect the count on this one to rise.

[Ladylethal 12]

Hmmmm, I put other on the first bit 'cus I do a bit of several things. I tend to put both hands at 10-2 if I need to maneuver a narrow street with lots of car dodging and then as I reach a highway or otherwise empty clear road my hands start slipping to 9-3 and down until I actually have them lightly placed together at 6 o'clock, where they remain until I need to change lanes or anything that needs attention.

I also tend to steer with only one hand specially after I do a turn where I end up leaving my right hand on the 10 position, meaning that I keep my arm across the wheel. So it changes a lot, but I do revert to a more "proper" 10-2 if tensed (as in early morning with bad visibility, at dusk with bad visibility, rainy weather, crazy drivers doing ####### around me, highways when trucks are trying to be race cars, etc).

Things I do: Drive with one hand; rest left arm on window; rest right hand on shift stick (bad habit, I know); drink water/soda; speed (depends on several factors);

Now, I will sometimes drive slower than speed limit IF: It's late, I don't feel like arriving home and the roads are empty (using the road to think).

I will sometimes drive on the left lane even if the right one is empty IF: the roads are empty, nobody is behind me trying to pass me, I'll make a left turn somewhere down the road.

I will sometimes driven while intoxicated but never when drunk, which is different imo, but probably above legal limit (2 beers will put one above the legal btw), although in my teen years I have driven drunk. Stupid teenagers. Funny thing though, when my brother drove drunk he'd be the fearless "I'm a badass" driver, thinking he was even better. I always knew that it was a big no no and would usually drive real slow, stopping at all lights, looking 10 times at each crossing, etc. My fear of crashing (hurting myself, others, facing the parents) was too big. I've never been even close to an accident while driving drunk, and whenever possible I'd get someone else to drive my car for me.

About seatbelts, well, in Brazil until the cops actually started fining people from driving without them on, everyone I know and me included would drive without them on, it wasn't a big rule until much later than in the US. So now, yes, I do buckle up first thing every time, although I still find it annoying if I'm going to the corner without even entering a major busy road. Still, I wear it (not in the farm though).

About lights, I ALWAYS run yellow lights, although I don't simply run through the same way I would if it's green, I pay attention that other people are not crossing the last seconds of the red light on the crossing intersection. I run red lights if it's 3 am and I can't see a single car for miles in any direction.

Edited June 27, 2009 by Ladylethal

[Amby 490]

have sex while driving

When Amby answers this poll, expect the count on this one to rise.

I don't have a death wish. Actual sex while driving is not something I'd ever attempt. I've done other things just not full blown sex. I enjoy living.

[mawilson 2,133]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

[Amby 490]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

LIES!!!! Your driving is terrifying when you're sober! I still don't believe this better reactions after drinking thing...I don't care how many times you tell me it's true!

[mawilson 2,133]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

LIES!!!! Your driving is terrifying when you're sober! I still don't believe this better reactions after drinking thing...I don't care how many times you tell me it's true!

Exactly - it's much better when I'm drunk

[Amby 490]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

LIES!!!! Your driving is terrifying when you're sober! I still don't believe this better reactions after drinking thing...I don't care how many times you tell me it's true!

Exactly - it's much better when I'm drunk

Well...I guess it couldn't get much worse so the possibility is real

[mawilson 2,133]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

LIES!!!! Your driving is terrifying when you're sober! I still don't believe this better reactions after drinking thing...I don't care how many times you tell me it's true!

Exactly - it's much better when I'm drunk

Well...I guess it couldn't get much worse so the possibility is real

Come on... my driving was better driving *from* the restaurant than *to* the restaurant, was it not?

[Amby 490]

Alcohol improves my reactions, so I usually drink *before* I drive - not while driving, because that would be dangerous!

LIES!!!! Your driving is terrifying when you're sober! I still don't believe this better reactions after drinking thing...I don't care how many times you tell me it's true!

Exactly - it's much better when I'm drunk

Well...I guess it couldn't get much worse so the possibility is real

Come on... my driving was better driving *from* the restaurant than *to* the restaurant, was it not?

Hmmm...I was so tired I don't remember much from that night. I suppose it was less terrifying or I was so tired I just didn't care anymore. I will blame part of the terror on having no clue where the hell we were going and the insanely tinted windows in my car.

Oh but your driving didn't scare me the first time and I guess you had drank that time too. Maybe you're right.

Edited June 28, 2009 by Amby

[TBoneTX 46,261]

In Houston, at least before the advent of the infernal red-light cameras, the typical understanding has been this: "Green means go, yellow means go faster, and red means three more cars." I personally admire the skills and attitudes of the taxi-drivers in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

[Nessa 23]

here's what i do:

1 hand 3-4 or 9-8 most of the time. 1 hand bottom every now and then; i never hold the wheel with both hands like 10/2 for example. when i keep them both on the wheel, one is usually on 9 or 3, depending which hand i'm driving and the other is resting on the bottom just in case i need to use both hands for something.

I hold the wheel mostly with my left hand.

drive with 1 hand - yes

rest forearms on the wheel - no

rest arm on the window - yes

rest right hand on the shift stick while driving - no

steer with your knee - yes

talk on the cell while driving - no

eat/drink while driving - mostly drink - water, coffee or coke 0. Very rarely, maybe a couple times a year i'll eat something that doesn't require me to take my eyes off the road, like french fries.

smoke while driving - no, used to

put make-up on while driving - lipstick or chapstick, only things that allows me to keep my eyes on the road at all times.

have sex while driving - if i did, i'd never tell

tailgate - yes in low speed, usually when i'm driving behind some dumb cun!t that's driving 10 mi below speed limit

drive more than 10 mph below speed limit - no

play music extremely loud - yes when i'm not in not in a housing area, school zone or in the city. Mostly on the road and in the country, except when i'm with the baby

drive on the left lane when there's noone on the right - no

park in handicapped zone - no

park in expecting mother zone - no

speed - of course not

drive while intoxicated - no, but used to

drive without seatbelt on - no

run yellow or red light - no

[Ban Hammer 13,619]

park in expecting mother zone - no

speed - of course not

liar.

[amberdima 6]

i drive crazily at all times. my husband yells at me for steering with my knee, so i try to remember that someone else's life is my hands; however, how do you stop something you've been doing for 12 years?