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    #32
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    This is the type of footwear worn by F1 drivers. Light and soft flexible soles. They've done the research.


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    #33
    Sam Kade
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    foxy farmer wrote: »
    This is the type of footwear worn by F1 drivers. Light and soft flexible soles. They've done the research.
    What's your point? They aren't barefoot.


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    #34
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,315 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    DivingDuck wrote: »
    There's a huge difference between wearing a flip-flop and being barefoot, though, surely?

    A shoe that can readily slip off is a menace while walking, let alone while behind the wheel. Driving barefoot may not be as easy/familiar as while wearing a standard shoe, but it has to be miles better than driving while wearing something that has the potential to cause distraction and/or obstruction to the pedals.

    I drive in flip flops throughout the summer, never had an issue - touch wood! Didn't know that about Spain either. :eek:


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    #35
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    I do it on long journeys. Feet would stink after being in shoes all day. Get some cool breeze through them.

    Not exactly sure how you can't apply max pressure without shoes.


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    #36
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,425 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    As I mentioned before, it will come down to your driving style. If you use the ball/sole of your foot, you are fine. If you break with just your toes, you will have an issue barefoot.


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    #37
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Ok, smartarse the same person with boots and without if they gave you two running funts up the arse with and without boots?

    One would think while wearing boots because he would be able to run faster, depending on the surface but then a skilled world class arse-kicker might choose to kick barefoot for the added agility and precision to hit a particularly painful spot. The boot will do more damage to the skin but also has a greater surface area which isn't desirable in this case


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    #38
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    What's your point? They aren't barefoot.

    Ideal driving footwear maybe.
    Try driving a LR Defender barefoot. Left foot will soon be sore from probably the heaviest clutch known to man.


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    #39
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    One would think while wearing boots because he would be able to run faster, depending on the surface but then a skilled world class arse-kicker might choose to kick barefoot for the added agility and precision to hit a particularly painful spot. The boot will do more damage to the skin but also has a greater surface area which isn't desirable in this case
    Which means you can brake harder while wearing shoes/boots ;)


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    #40
    justchecked
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 367 ✭✭justchecked


    I know of a guy who drove to Dundee barefoot.


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    #41
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Which means you can brake harder while wearing shoes/boots ;)

    That's not even related at this point. The amount of pain one can cause to an arse by kicking it hasn't much to do with how much force one can put on a brake pedal


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    #42
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Anytime I drive barefoot I felt like I didn't have the same control or apply the same pressure as I would something on.

    Letting up the clutch was dodgy


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    #43
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    justchecked wrote: »
    I know of a guy who drove to Dundee barefoot.

    Did he make it back ok?


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    #44
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Which means you can brake harder while wearing shoes/boots ;)

    You don't have to apply much force to break hard modern cars as its assisted.


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    #45
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    justchecked wrote: »
    I know of a guy who drove to Dundee barefoot.

    Sounds like a Jasper Carrot joke in the making...


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    #46
    Sitec
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    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    I do it on long journeys. Feet would stink after being in shoes all day. Get some cool breeze through them.

    Not exactly sure how you can't apply max pressure without shoes.

    True, aircon on feet = bliss. It doesn't affect how hard you can stomp on the brake pedal. I think it gives a more progressive feel if anything. No rubber damping the connection between your foot and the actual pedal.


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    #47
    keithclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,222 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    How do you mean assisted, did you ever have to slam on the brakes to stop suddenly? If you got a kick from someone barefoot and a kick from another person wearing boots, which would hurt most?

    Yes, your car (more than likely) has assisted brakes, try using the brakes while being towed.

    Maybe you just have lady feet.


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    #48
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Yes, your car (more than likely) has assisted brakes, try using the brakes while being towed.

    Maybe you just have lady feet.
    So if you have to brake suddenly you just casually tip the brakes :rolleyes:
    Read this
    http://www.brainonboard.ca/safety_features/active_safety_features_brake_assist.php#q5


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    #49
    bren2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭bren2002


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    :confused:

    I know someone who always takes his shoes off while driving and swears by it.

    The shoes don't buy you any extra pressure-exerting ability unless your brake pedal is covered in pointy objects

    I wouldnt be so sure. I dont think I could maintain pressure on the brake pedal bare foot if the abs was activated.


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    #50
    keithclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,222 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    So if you have to brake suddenly you just casually tip the brakes :rolleyes:
    Read this
    http://www.brainonboard.ca/safety_features/active_safety_features_brake_assist.php#q5

    No, I'd apply enough pressure to stop the car.

    I still don't get it are peoples feet overly sensitive or something, I wouldn't actually be able to hurt my foot by applying maximum pressure to a brake pedal.

    Bare feet driving isn't dangerous at all, driving in Work boots I'd say is far more dangerous, I don't do it anyway very easy to hit the clutch and brake at the same time.


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    #51
    BMJD
    Registered Users Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭BMJD


    justchecked wrote: »
    I know of a guy who drove to Dundee barefoot.

    Toblerone OD?


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    #52
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,867 ✭✭✭cletus


    During the summer I'm either barefoot or in flip flops. I drive barefoot quite a bit, and would always kick off the flip flops before driving. Never had an issue, but then the skin in the soles of my feet is like leather anyway


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    #53
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,615 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    cletus wrote: »
    During the summer I'm either barefoot or in flip flops. I drive barefoot quite a bit, and would always kick off the flip flops before driving. Never had an issue, but then the skin in the soles of my feet is like leather anyway
    Have you considered moisturising daily or a new Skoda Superb?


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    #54
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    I drive bareass most of the time....







    is that too much info?


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    #55
    cletus
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    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Have you considered moisturising daily or a new Skoda Superb?

    The soles of my feet don't actually bother me. Has the Superb got some new pedal technology I'm not aware of?


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    #56
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,028 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    why do race drivers wear the lightest possible shoes/boots and not big steel toe work boots?


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    #57
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,226 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    I have ticklish feet so have to wear shoes while driving.


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    #58
    dashcamdanny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭dashcamdanny


    I used to do it on long motorway runs if I got tired. Fresh air blowing on the feet is quite refreshing.

    No issue with brakes . Modern cars don't need massive pressure to exert full brake pressure. Anti Lock kicks in way before .


    Saying that. I would not try it with a classic car with no servo assist.


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    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,499 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    dashcamdanny wrote: »
    I would not try it with a classic car with no servo assist.

    + 1

    I drive the short trip to and from the beach to my house (in a modern car) at least three times a week in a wetsuit and bare feet and have done so for years. It's perfectly safe. I've had to drop the anchors twice (jogger ran out in front of me from between two vans on one occasion and a kids ball rolled out in front of me). No difference stopping the car shoeless. On the second occasion in the wet, the ABS kicked in, so obviously the pressure was enough. If anyone has sensitive or tenderfoot, natural instinct would take over, you'd apply the needed pressure and stop the car. The one thing I'm careful of in the winter is to make sure the feet aren't frozen and devoid of sensation.


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    #60
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    I love to drive barefoot, but I can't. Unfortunately my feet are freezing even in hot weather so have to wear something. But usually very light shoes with very, very thin sole. So almost barefoot. ;)


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    #61
    Testament1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭Testament1


    Used to drive barefoot all the time in Sydney and I actually preferred it to driving with shoes. To anyone saying that it's somehow dangerous or you can't press the pedals properly well that's either down to your own driving style or else you have feet made of butter!!


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