Women driving with High Heels on

AMKC

This is mostly for women drivers but there might be the odd fella here who does it too. It is really not a good idea to drive with heels on as if you were involved in a crash the injuries to your legs would be a lot more series than if you were wearing a pair of flats. Your calf muscles are tensed up more when you wear heels and the force of any impact would end up going through your toes. This would mean any injuries sustained would be a lot worse than if you had been wearing flat shoes. Also you have less control of the peddles wearing heels and the could slip of them easier. Just keep some flats in your car for driving and put your heels on when your getting out of your car if you want to wear your heels.

gctest50

AMKC wrote: »

This is mostly for women drivers but there might be the odd fella here who does it too. It is really not a good idea to drive with heels on as if you were involved in a crash the injuries to your legs would be a lot more series than if you were wearing a pair of flats. Your calf muscles are tensed up more when you wear heels and the force of any impact would end up going through your toes. This would mean any injuries sustained would be a lot worse than if you had been wearing flat shoes. Also you have less control of the peddles wearing heels and the could slip of them easier. Just keep some flats in your car for driving and put your heels on when your getting out of your car if you want to wear your heels.

excellent, any helpful advice for Michele here :

johnny osbourne

you should try driving a corsa with boots on, 2 pedals at a time

lameusername

High heeled boots?

Noccy_Mondy

johnny osbourne wrote:

you should try driving a corsa with boots on, 2 pedals at a time

Or a pug 206. You tend not to get too far with the accelerator/brake being pressed simultaneously!

CiniO

johnny osbourne wrote: »

you should try driving a corsa with boots on, 2 pedals at a time

Corse is not bad.
Try Cinquecento.

colm_mcm

In a cinq you'd be dead anyway.

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

In a cinq you'd be dead anyway.

I just remember after coming back from hillwalking, with proper outdoor boots, when I put them together next to each other they covered all 3 pedals in cinq.
It was great though for rally driving style with gas-brake at the same time

deandean

These three fine lassies seem to drive OK with the high heels

ThisRegard

I don't think the OP was condescending enough. How about instructions on how to open jars?

Odelay

ThisRegard wrote: »

I don't think the OP was condescending enough. How about instructions on how to open jars?

I was wondering why he didn't post it in the ladies lounge, I'm sure it would go down a treat there.

Nody

AMKC wrote: »

This is mostly for women drivers but there might be the odd fella here who does it too. It is really not a good idea to drive with heels on as if you were involved in a crash the injuries to your legs would be a lot more series than if you were wearing a pair of flats. Your calf muscles are tensed up more when you wear heels and the force of any impact would end up going through your toes. This would mean any injuries sustained would be a lot worse than if you had been wearing flat shoes. Also you have less control of the peddles wearing heels and the could slip of them easier. Just keep some flats in your car for driving and put your heels on when your getting out of your car if you want to wear your heels.

Is it not annoying to have pesky things such as facts go against what you are saying?

Boskowski

Every time I see this thread I'm reading 'Women drinking in high heels' and I'm thinking ye?

Kovu

I find it impossible to drive in high heels anyway, my feet start to cramp up. Also find it impossible to drive in the farming boots I wear too though, I either can't feel the proper pressure of the pedals or I'm hitting two pedals at once.
Barefoot is far more preferable for me if I have to go anywhere wearing either of them!

coylemj

Any time I see my female colleagues getting out of their cars in the car park, they are wearing flat shoes. They typically change to heels when they get out of the car or sometimes when they get to their desks. I'm not aware that any woman drives with high heels because apart from any safety aspects, they would be damn uncomfortable when in a resting position. For example when not changing gears your left foot would be pivoting left and right with the heel stuck in the floor mat. Left your left foot to hit the clutch and the floor mat would come up with it, you wouldn't be long seeing sense!

e02bf0c5

ThisRegard wrote: »

I don't think the OP was condescending enough. How about instructions on how to open jars?

That's easy.

For all difficult or seemingly impossible tasks ask a man.

AMKC

coylemj wrote: »

Any time I see my female colleagues getting out of their cars in the car park, they are wearing flat shoes. They typically change to heels when they get out of the car or sometimes when they get to their desks. I'm not aware that any woman drives with high heels because apart from any safety aspects, they would be damn uncomfortable when in a resting position. For example when not changing gears your left foot would be pivoting left and right with the heel stuck in the floor mat. Left your left foot to hit the clutch and the floor mat would come up with it, you wouldn't be long seeing sense!

Women do it do I have seen plenty of women get into there car with maybe 4in heels on sometimes even a little higher and then just drive off. There was no way they had time to change to flats. Just in car and drive off.

spurious

While I wouldn't be a high heel wearing gal myself, one of the first things my driving instructor (female) said to me was to always keep a set of flat shoes in the car to change into. I find even chunky walking boot type shoes difficult to manage in, can only imagine what its like in very high heels.

I had a friend used to drive barefoot and then put on the heels when she got where she was going.

Jesus.

coylemj wrote: »

Any time I see my female colleagues getting out of their cars in the car park, they are wearing flat shoes!

I'm surprised any man would even notice such a thing. Time on hands? Work in the Civil Service?

Pat Mustard

Could be a Dedicated Follower of Fashion.

NormalBob Ubiquitypants

I take my shoes off regularly as I learned to drive in bare feet. Man here. If I am driving locally I will wear shoes but anything over 30 miles and i take them off. Feel I have more control.

dr.fuzzenstein

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

I take my shoes off regularly as I learned to drive in bare feet. Man here. If I am driving locally I will wear shoes but anything over 30 miles and i take them off. Feel I have more control.

I think barefoot driving is not a great idea. With a shoe you have a flat surface that operates the pedal, without shoes you will find that operating the brake pedal at full force is difficult, especially with sweaty feet. Also, you could slip off the edge of a pedal with your toes, generally it's not a great idea.

Sunny Dayz

I drive in my heels. But most of my heels are boots or shoes with straps so they are fairly secure on my feet. I used to drive in flats and change before and after work but it was a bit of a pain to be honest, especially if you are running late and you're wasting time in the car changing your footwear! I don't like driving in shoes that have a platform as you can't really feel the pedals underneath and I wouldn't drive a long journey in heels as my feet would get sore.

I don't change my shoes to drive.

If I'm in my flat boots, I wear my flat boots to drive.

If I'm in my trainers, I wear my trainers to drive.

If I'm in my heels, I wear my heels to drive.

If I'm in my roller skates, I tend it find it a bit more challenging.

OldNotWIse

I don't change either. From day one, I drove in whatever I was wearing - work shoes, high heels, boots, wellies... I don't notice any difference now because I got used to driving in all of them.

coylemj

Jesus. wrote: »

I'm surprised any man would even notice such a thing. Time on hands? Work in the Civil Service?

'Time on hands'? Yes, I lurk in the car park stalking my female colleagues. And I'll have you know that I'm not just 'any man'.

FWIW, it's hard not to notice when a lady in smart business dress steps out of her car wearing a pair of colourful trainers.

Pat Mustard

coylemj wrote: »

I'm not just 'any man'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXaO3zgaf5Q

NormalBob Ubiquitypants

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I think barefoot driving is not a great idea. With a shoe you have a flat surface that operates the pedal, without shoes you will find that operating the brake pedal at full force is difficult, especially with sweaty feet. Also, you could slip off the edge of a pedal with your toes, generally it's not a great idea.

I take a size 12 shoe and practically speaking not all men's shoes are great for driving. The angle seems to hurt the ankle after a while.
Never had my feet slip in the 10 years that I have been driving.

dastardly00

gctest50 wrote: »

excellent, any helpful advice for Michele here :

She could do with turning off the wipers! :pac:

Special Circumstances

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

I take a size 12 shoe and practically speaking not all men's shoes are great for driving. The angle seems to hurt the ankle after a while.
Never had my feet slip in the 10 years that I have been driving.

Puma Speed Cats are the biz if you have feet too big, pedals too small problem. Rounded heel is better suited to pivoting the accelerator foot than other heels. I agree that some mens shoes have a heel isn't comfortable for long/sporty drives. No idea how stilettos compare, honest!


Drift cats etc are a little swankier. If I'm allowed say swanky in a thread like this...

dr.fuzzenstein

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

I take a size 12 shoe and practically speaking not all men's shoes are great for driving. The angle seems to hurt the ankle after a while.
Never had my feet slip in the 10 years that I have been driving.

You're one size too big then! :P
I'm size 11 and don't have a problem with any of my shoes. The barefoot thing feels a bit insecure to me. But each to their own. Personally I would not like to have to stand the car on it's nose in my bare feet.
Barefoot is still better than flip-flops or killer heels.

NormalBob Ubiquitypants

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

You're one size too big then! :P
I'm size 11 and don't have a problem with any of my shoes. The barefoot thing feels a bit insecure to me. But each to their own. Personally I would not like to have to stand the car on it's nose in my bare feet.
Barefoot is still better than flip-flops or killer heels.

I have to take a half size bigger as unfortunately I have really broad feet. I find it hard to buy shoes actually.
I feel more in control of the car when I am barefoot or in socks, more "involved" with the driving of the car.

Special Circumstances

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

I have to take a half size bigger as unfortunately I have really broad feet. I find it hard to buy shoes actually.

The pumas may not be the answer for you so. Narrow "italian" fitting. I took one euro size up from my usual euro equivalent size in DCs/ecco/timberland and was fine.