Do you hold the steering wheel with 1 hand or 2 when driving?

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  1. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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  3. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    1 almost all the time.

    2 takes such an incredibly light touch, I think it's more fatiguing. Of course, most drivers in trucks (and 4-wheelers) who 2 hand, based on how much they move around in the lane, aren't driving by feedback, but by position. It's much harder to feel the feedback through the wheel using both hands. You rarely see a two-hander with the steering making the almost constant minor corrections based on feel.
     
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  4. Cat sdp

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    One ….. sometimes just a knee.
     
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  5. Sons Hero

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    I drive left hand at 9, right on the shifter
     
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  6. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    Don't do the shifter. Carpal tunnel taught me that. It's just not good for you, all that constant vibration.
     
  7. Numb

    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    elbows, busy folding my map to show area of interest only.
     
  8. Sons Hero

    Sons Hero Road Train Member

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    Have carpal tunnel something fierce already from my years of running a metal snips and holding a hammer.
     
  9. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    A high speed steer tire blowout will cure you of not using both hands on the wheel, for a few weeks anyways lol.
     
  10. motocross25

    motocross25 Road Train Member

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    None. I let Jesus take the wheel. :angel12:
     
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  11. Diesel Dave

    Diesel Dave Last Few of the OUTLAWS

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    Don’t run Chinese steers will prevent that. :rolleyes:
     
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