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

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  1. Allow Me.

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    I had a co=driver one time who drove with the bottom of his palm on the wheel. He said if there's a blowout and the steering wheel starts spinning, he won't break his hand with the steering wheel spinning crazily !!
     
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    Anyone still use a suicide knob?:cool:
     
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    Aren’t they illegal ? IDK
     
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    Nope. He'll just go right off the road into the ditch.
     
    Moosetek13, Dec 20, 2023
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    I run a spinner knob at about the 7 or 8 o’clock position on the wheel. Left arm lays on the arm rest to where it’s relaxed and my hand is just right to use the spinner. The right is free to shift, turn Jake’s on off, grab cb mic, fly the bird, flick boogers, or scratch my rear end.
     
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    You're supposed to use your hands? I been doing it wrong all this time. My right knee has calluses as does my left elbow.
     
    NightWind, Dec 20, 2023
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    2 hands 3&9 both on top of the spoke all fingers and thumbs
     
    abyliks, Dec 22, 2023
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    I still use one. When my truck was in the shop I had to drive one without the knob and I sure did miss it.
     
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    Gots to lift the pinky just right too.:D
     
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    Coffee in one hand donut in the other and steer with my ####.
     
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