Is there any proof that boots are safer to drive in than comfy shoes

Many of you were not alive during the old iron days where you stood on the fuel pedal all day or all night be that as it may. That steel toe boot lends a certain weight to it. I had one good pair that lasted pretty much the whole time I was on the road. There were times that steel kept injury from being a reality. You flip flops would have been chopped up.

Cruise control back then was a pistol grip with spring locked on a rod of metal to hold the fuel where it needed to be against the dash.

 

it amazes me when people cheap out on good work boots. Spend 150-200 and get a good pair of boots that you can wear 12 hours a day.

 

Drive in your socks and be happier.

 

Mega fleets dont necesarily want you wearing boots. They do how ever want you to wear safety treads.
When I went OTR I had found some Reboks (sneaker). The company was fine with it. Tho personally sandals are best, yet none had the safety tread.

 

Here is where the argument ends.
You are required to wear a seatbelt 100% of the time even know by the numbers the vast majority of drivers will never be in an accident where the seatbelt prevented injury.
Just in case...
The same goes for footwear/clothing while working, and that is what we are doing while driving, it is not a joyride.
In the unlikely event you need to exit that truck in a hurry for some emergency, your accident or to help someone else, you are either prepared or you are not.
I am always prepared.

 

I have a cheap plastic door mat under my pedals. Easy to clean and traps water or snow that is tracked in.

Boot brush mounted on steps with a scrap of door mat on top step . Double wipe and than remove shoes in doorway

I wear a rubber slip on low cut boot that is easy on easy off that I bought from Dunham s

Boots never go beyond the door and never touch the pedals .

I pull from a muddy azzz farm most of the time and you could eat off the floor of my truck.

Yet it still needs a wipe down with vinegar everyday. Amazing how much hair and dust fall out of an old man.

 

Drove 2 years in tennis shoes with no issues.

 

My shoes are by the door. If I need to get out of the truck and the 5 seconds it takes to slip my shoes on makes that much of a difference I have bigger issues.

 

A thought Ive had with mine was the sole was oil and fuel resistant. Growing up we had shops where a skilled trades man was able to replace soles and other repairs. That kind of trade has gone away for the most part. For the cost to repair you would pretty much replace it these days.

 

Step on something sharp and pointy, you're going to wish you were wearing work boots.

 

What about when it’s pissing down with or snowing like blizzard conditions