Hand throttle

somefeen · 20-12-2012 1:43pm #1

Has anyone ever considered fitting some kind of a hand throttle in their car?
For those of us without the luxury of cruise control it would be the next best thing. On long motorway journeys my right foot gets really tired, now if I had a hand throttle I could relax and increase speed when I come to hills etc
Obviously you'd need to make it so it disconnects when the brakes are applied or you press the foot throttle.
What do ye reckon?
Otherwise is it possible to retrofit cruise control to an old car with a manual gearbox?

MuppetCheck · 20-12-2012 1:47pm

I'd go with a retrofit of cruise control tbh. What type of car is it?

Marcusm · 20-12-2012 2:02pm

Part of a standard kit for mobility (lower limb) impaired people. Common enough.

T-Maxx · 20-12-2012 2:13pm

OP I can only assume you're not in Ireland - motorway driving here really shouldn't be that bad on your right foot.

joujoujou · 20-12-2012 2:14pm

I had such a thing years ago in Fiat 125.

Factory fitted. :P

Anan1 · 20-12-2012 2:29pm

Cruise control is a hand throttle, no?

somefeen · 20-12-2012 2:29pm

T-Maxx wrote: »

OP I can only assume you're not in Ireland - motorway driving here really shouldn't be that bad on your right foot.

It is after about 4/5 hours.
also my arse goes numb

Nissan doctor · 20-12-2012 2:35pm

somefeen wrote: »

It is after about 4/5 hours.
also my arse goes numb

What motorway in Ireland would you be on for 4/5 hours??

Cruise control is handy sometimes if you have it but in reality no-where in Ireland is really that far away.

somefeen · 20-12-2012 3:27pm

Belfast - Cork is about 5 hours and it's mostly motorway and dual carriageway.

Doesn't matter whether I need it or not anyway, I still want one so I can pretend I'm flying an airplane.

dgt · 20-12-2012 4:40pm

Driving for 5 hours straight? Take a break every hour or so if your foot is going numb.

I often drive long distances and never got what you experience, both in a large comfy car and a low bumpy van