People who put their hand on the roof of their car while driving

Ally Dick

What is this all about ? I see it a lot on sunny days. The annoying part for me is that you are NOT in full control of your vehicle if one of your hands is out the window. It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

Geniass

Ally Dick wrote: »

It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

Wouldn't have thought so, especially with modern power steering. Lots of people drive with just one hand on the wheel.

Magico Gonzalez

I like to keep one hand nice and relaxed and rested, ready for skinning up, opening my vodka bottle, shooting my six shooter. That sort of thing.

I have a right hand and left hand drive car that I switch between on sunny days.

Nothing worse than the one armed tan.

Sheep Lover

Do people actually worry about this sort of inane stuff?

LordSutch

. . . also those people who wave their hands out the window on hot sunny weather presumably to waft more air into the car? Problem being that many of those hand/arm movements can be misinterpreted as hand signals. Oh look, is he turning right? Possibly? Well he's waving his right hand out of the drivers window . . . . .

Very annoying/ very dangerous/ very stupid.

NSAman

With a ciggie in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other and the phone on my shoulder, who has time to put a hand on the roof?

whiskeyman

It's a well known fault in many cars imported into Ireland that the roof fittings tend to loosen in the warmer summer weather.
As a result, drivers have to hold down the roof with one hand while driving to alleviate additional stress on the fixtures, and keep it firmly in place.

El Weirdo

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Do people actually worry about this sort of inane stuff?

Normal people don't, anyway.

Vowel Movement

MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN!

Sheep Lover

LordSutch wrote: »

. . . also those people who wave their hands out the window on hot sunny weather presumably to waft more air into the car? Problem being that many of those hand/arm movements can be misinterpreted as hand signals. Oh look, is he turning right? Possibly? Well he's waving his right hand out of the drivers window . . . . .

Very annoying/ very dangerous/ very stupid.

People rarely use indicators so the chances of using a hand signal is slim to none in my opinion.

retalivity

Let's have a referendum to outlaw it

LordSutch

Sheep Lover wrote: »

People rarely use indicators so the chances of using a hand signal is slim to none in my opinion.

I have actually had a blown rear indicator bulb in the past, and as a result I would open my window and stick my arm out to indicate to following cars that I was turning right.

Now imagine if I was just waving my arm out the wjndow for the sake of it :cool:

Into The Blue

LordSutch wrote: »

Now imagine if I was just waving my arm out the wjndow for the sake of it :cool:

Think you're so busy looking for something to be annoyed about, you haven't actually thought this through.

Folk chilling out draping their arm out the window look like they're draping their arm out the window.

Others, like yourself, using their hand signals have their arm horizontally straight out the window with your hand flat.

The two look nothing alike.

LordSutch

Into The Blue wrote: »

Think you're so busy looking for something to be annoyed about, you haven't actually thought this through.

Folk chilling out draping their arm out the window look like they're draping their arm out the window.

Others, like yourself, using their hand signals have their arm horizontally straight out the window with your hand flat.

The two look nothing alike.

As a driver of several decades I am a very experienced driver, so I adhere to what I have said in my precious post. I'll bow out of this thread now as I've made my point.

WoollyRedHat

My grandad used to do this. He's dead now.

El Weirdo

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

My grandad used to do this. He's dead now.

In that case, the OP may have a point.

silverfeather

Vowel Movement wrote: »

MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN!

WOW! :-)

Ally Dick

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Do people actually worry about this sort of inane stuff?

Yes. If they are driving slowly in front of me

anncoates

No way am I sacrificing studied nonchalance for improved car control when bitchez are around.

The Backwards Man

Elbow out the window the window all the time, give the farmer's wave to everyone that passes.

There was an oul lad near me used to have a mk1 Ford Escort, he always had his hand on the roof. Nobody would wave to him on the road because he would always steer wherever he was looking, was over more ditches in his time than Red Rum

Summer wind

A dodgy pilot as they're known around here.

El Weirdo

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Elbow out the window the window all the time, give the farmer's wave to everyone that passes.

The udders?

Massimo Cassagrande

I rest my mickey on the roof to air it.


Them Disney air-fresheners are getting scarce now.

Thespoofer

LordSutch wrote: »

. . . also those people who wave their hands out the window on hot sunny weather presumably to waft more air into the car? Problem being that many of those hand/arm movements can be misinterpreted as hand signals. Oh look, is he turning right? Possibly? Well he's waving his right hand out of the drivers window . . . . .

Very annoying/ very dangerous/ very stupid.

So you did know they were doing it to take in more air and not making signals then ?

The Backwards Man

El Weirdo wrote: »

The udders?

Ah now, you know the wave.

El Weirdo

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Ah now, you know the wave.

We have the udders round these here parts.

The Backwards Man

El Weirdo wrote: »

We have the udders round these here parts.

You flash your tits?

El Weirdo

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You flash your tits?

Sometimes.

Herb Powell

Nah, the one that really gets me is seeing a passenger with their feet up on the dash. It's just asking for snapped legs, a broken face, and a very interesting anal experience in the event of a crash.

fussyonion

I like to put my hand out and drum my nails on the door, if I'm stuck in traffic.
The driver of the car doesn't usually appreciate it though.

kaloshma

Have seen an accident occur due to this. Though the damage was to the arm not the cars.

Special Circumstances

kaloshma wrote: »

Have seen an accident occur due to this. Though the damage was to the arm not the cars.

Yup, I've heard of someone who no longer has an arm to hold the roof on.

There is an old Garda manual for the driving of squad cars that tells Gardai NOT to be holding the roof of the vehicle down.

ShadowHearth

LordSutch wrote: »

. . . also those people who wave their hands out the window on hot sunny weather presumably to waft more air into the car? Problem being that many of those hand/arm movements can be misinterpreted as hand signals. Oh look, is he turning right? Possibly? Well he's waving his right hand out of the drivers window . . . . .

Very annoying/ very dangerous/ very stupid.

Very shhhhtupid comment...

I haven't seen a hand singnal since I was in a car and could remember it, the that's like 25 years ago?

if people worried about stuff like that, then they really need to get a life...

kneemos

Herb Powell wrote: »

Nah, the one that really gets me is seeing a passenger with their feet up on the dash. It's just asking for snapped legs, a broken face, and a very interesting anal experience in the event of a crash.

Saw something on the telly the other night about a woman who had her legs on the dash and had her face shattered by her knees when the airbag went off after a relatively minor crash.

Egginacup

Ally Dick wrote: »

What is this all about ? I see it a lot on sunny days. The annoying part for me is that you are NOT in full control of your vehicle if one of your hands is out the window. It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

It is not dangerous. Don't be such a drama queen. Is it any more dangerous than resting your arm on the window frame when the window is rolled down? Bollocks.
Talking on the phone is dangerous because it is hugely DISTRACTING and interferes with your concentration and reflexes. Your hand out the window doesn't.

sbsquarepants

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

My grandad used to do this. He's dead now.

Mine never done it. He's dead too:D

kneemos

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Mine never done it. He's dead too:D

Better off when they get all diddery.

oppenheimer1

Ally Dick wrote: »

What is this all about ? I see it a lot on sunny days. The annoying part for me is that you are NOT in full control of your vehicle if one of your hands is out the window. It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

DON'T YOU HATE PANTS???

Into The Blue

Ally Dick wrote: »

The annoying part for me is that you are NOT in full control of your vehicle if one of your hands is out the window. It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

This thread poped into my head while driving home from work, so i tried to drive with two hands on the wheel..

Felt very unnatural, lasted about 2min, so back to left arm on elbow rest, hand on gear stick. right elbow on door ledge, steering with index finger and thumb..

Proper order.

Special Circumstances

Into The Blue wrote: »

This thread poped into my head while driving home from work, so i tried to drive with two hands on the wheel..

Felt very unnatural, lasted about 2min, so back to left arm on elbow rest, hand on gear stick. right elbow on door ledge, steering with index finger and thumb..

Proper order.

better to burn out, than it is to rust...

Agricola

On a fine day I will usually be seen with my forearm resting on the door, alternatively holding onto the A pillar. On overcast days, I like to rest my left hand on the gearstick while steering with the other hand. This facilitates any quick change downs that may be needed for overtaking purposes or when Im being naughty and want to listen to the exhaust note of my 4 cylinder 100hp beast while going under a flyover. :cool:
That is literally how I roll.

MRnotlob606

My father's friend did that once,car overturned and he lost his arm.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ally Dick wrote: »

What is this all about ? I see it a lot on sunny days. The annoying part for me is that you are NOT in full control of your vehicle if one of your hands is out the window. It's as dangerous as using a phone and driving

What do you do if you want to change gear? Adjust heating settings? Press sunroof button?

Are you such a poor driver that you cannot take a hand of the wheel or are your reactions so slow that you wouldn't have time to take your arm in and grab the wheel if you needed both hands for some reason?

People like you driving around giving out to themselves about things you perceive to be dangerous are probably more dangerous than those drivers as your concentration is being directed at other drivers and not on what your doing yourself!

kneemos

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

My father's friend did that once,car overturned and he lost his arm.

Rip.

wendell borton

Vowel Movement wrote: »

MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN!

My eyes are lasers