What's Wrong with Fingerless Gloves?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Reverend Blair, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. Reverend Blair

    Reverend Blair Light Load Member

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    I keep seeing people making fun of fingerless gloves. Okay, so I'm not driving yet and it's likely I just don't understand, but isn't there a reason why some people might wear them? Is it always just an affectation, or is there a real purpose to them?

    I wear curling (as in the sport) gloves a lot when doing construction or mechanics because they ease the aching in my hands, but still let me pick up nails etc. Ironically, I never wore curling gloves when I curled. Curling gloves have fingers, but I assume the purpose of fingerless gloves is similar.
     
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  3. Hardlyevr

    Hardlyevr Road Train Member

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    Nothing, if your are riding a bicycle!
     
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  4. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    fingerless gloves come in handy when you want to pick your nose...






    i only wear gloves riding the motorbike...and during the winter.
    as a former mechanic i find it amusing that mechanics nowadays wear latex or mechanics gloves, to me, that's being a sissy mechanic, maybe they ought to be wearing a ballerina tu-tu as well......never did i wear gloves working as a mechanic..

    a real mechanic gets his hands dirty.....
     
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  5. lostNfound

    lostNfound Road Train Member

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    Yeah, darn straight... there's no way there could be any carcinogens or heavy metals in all that grease and oil. In fact, a "real mechanic" doesn't even wash his hands to eat. :biggrin_25526:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo
     
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  6. 123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    The gloves are fine,




    as long as you are also wearing your $19 black leather vest !!!!
     
  7. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    well i'm fine, been fine for over 20 odd years since getting out of the business, i don't notice those open sores on my hands and arms that much....hell, i probably inhaled so much asbestos doing clutch and brake work, when i cough up my left lung, it goes back into it's place in my chest..

    you gotta stop worrying so much about cancer and such other so called threats to life at a job one does...

    otherwise, we'd all be hockey players, wearing helmets...!!!
     
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  8. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

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    They want to keep their soft hands while holding on to that big steering wheel. Okay a guy thinks he needs to drive with them but take them off before getting out of the truck. I laugh everytime I see Billy Big Rigger walking into the truck stop with his fingerless gloves on and his chain drive wallet and wearing his cop sunglasses. Like he is trying to say something with out saying a word like don't mess with me because I am a bad ### and I drove 250 miles today in my Freightliner with my automatic tranny and I will kong ## your ### in a heartbeat.

    In all seriousness I think they wear them is for the video games in the truck stops, they get a better grip on the joystick. :biggrin_2559:
     
  9. Pmracing

    Pmracing Road Train Member

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    Not a thing. I don't judge...

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    Mikeeee
     
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  10. Flying Dutchman

    Flying Dutchman Road Train Member

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    When I grease/lube trucks on the weekends, (yep, dispatch, drive, and now this) I wear the latex gloves just so I dont end up with grease on the driver's steering wheel, shifter, door, etc. We pull our trucks into the shop bay to grease them, I see no shame in trying to keep the cab clean without having to scrub on my hands after every truck.
     
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  11. Volvo92906

    Volvo92906 Light Load Member

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    When dealing with customer vehicles you need to drive, where cars today have this stupid light colored interior, and truck drivers complain about a speck of dirt, wearing gloves is just easier.

    As someone who works in the shop I dont care if I have to wear gloves or not, but if you tell me to wear em, you better buy em. I am doing my job either way. I guess the plus to working for a small fleet is that you can have your fun screwing with the drivers because you know what their peeves are.
     
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