SHOES vs BOOTS - What do you wear?

City trucks and sleeper are totally different. I could see no shoes in a sleeper since that is often the drivers home.

 

while driving
maybe sandals maybe house shoes maybe just socks. all depends on MY MOOD.
when loading and unloading change from driving shoes to steel toe boots as per PPE regulations at my load and unload points

 

Flip flops while driving in nice weather, switch over to boots for anything else

 

Flip flops keeps you less sleepy.

 

Here's a question... when was the last time you saw anyone win a NASCAR race, stand on the door of his car, do a backflip, and get up on the winner's podium wearing BOOTS?

They are professional drivers.... but they don't wear boots.

They wear professional driving shoes.... narrow, with a low profile, no welts to catch in the pedals, and a close rocker heel that places the fulcrum for pedal control very close to the heel.

Steel toed work boots? I don't think they meet ANY of those design qualifications.

I DRIVE with driving shoes, designed much like race car drivers use (but well ventilated for maximum comfort in hot temperatures). If a shipper requires I wear a boot, I have a pair ready to lace up when I arrive.

 

Safetstep brand lightweight shoes excellent durability used them as a medic just a heavier version boot.

Or my barefeet if I feel like driving in me undies

 

Were all thinking it, so im just gonna be the first jerk to point it out...there are some major discrepinces between driving a nascar at 150mph around a track, and driving a 80,000 pound truck at 60 mph down the highway....

 

... while certainly there are differences between driving a truck and driving a NASCAR at 150+ mph, there are a lot of similarities. Both use pedals for controlling braking and acceleration. Both require sometimes fine control of those pedals.