Suicide knob?

Makes me wonder why its called suicide knob.

 

Also commonly called the wrist breaker.

 

Now that name would make more since.

 

Get a smaller steering wheel. One of those chromed chain ones.

 

my grandpa used to call them suicide knobs also, supposedly in the 40's and 50's people would wreck if their shirt sleeve ended up getting caught in knob. And the wrist breaker part was true also, esp in the days before power steering.

 

There has to be something that'll protect your thumbs.Try Walmart and but thumbs bandaids or covering.

 

This is the monicker I know it by.

 

Get over that and right quick.

There's good reasons why I drive with my thumbs on top of the wheel. It's said that driving in slick conditions or deep muddy roads your weaknesses will quickly be exposed. Thumbs inside the wheel is a weakness. One blown steer tire, one set of wheels over the edge of a drop off or into thick snow, and you are a quick over correction away from either breaking your thumbs or losing control or both.

Good habits begin by doing the right thing. It feels uncomfortable at first. Stay with it until it is comfortable and always the way you do things.