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

  • 07-05-2015 09:19PM
    #1
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,817 ✭✭✭✭


    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


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  • #2
    Geniass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 643 ✭✭✭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.


  • #3
    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭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.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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

    Nothing worse than the one armed tan.


  • #5
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Do people actually worry about this sort of inane stuff?


  • #6
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,497 ✭✭✭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?


  • #8
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #9
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    Do people actually worry about this sort of inane stuff?
    Normal people don't, anyway.


  • #10
    Vowel Movement
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭Vowel Movement


    MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN!


  • #11
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,627 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Let's have a referendum to outlaw it


  • #13
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #14
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭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.


  • #15
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


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


  • #17
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    My grandad used to do this. He's dead now.
    In that case, the OP may have a point.


  • #18
    silverfeather
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭silverfeather


    Vowel Movement wrote: »
    MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN!

    WOW! :-)


  • #19
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,817 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #20
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


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


  • #21
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭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


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  • #22
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    A dodgy pilot as they're known around here.


  • #23
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #24
    Massimo Cassagrande
    Closed Accounts Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Massimo Cassagrande


    I rest my mickey on the roof to air it.


    Them Disney air-fresheners are getting scarce now.


  • #25
    Thespoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭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 ?


  • #26
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    The udders?
    Ah now, you know the wave.


  • #27
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Ah now, you know the wave.
    We have the udders round these here parts.


  • #28
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    We have the udders round these here parts.
    You flash your tits?


  • #29
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You flash your tits?
    Sometimes.


  • #30
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #31
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,827 ✭✭✭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.


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