Sticky Stuff

I'm sure there'll be a few of you with some better ones than this, but to get the ball rolling...

M1 northbound, between Sheffield and Barnsley, early Thursday evening. Relatively quiet, this Corsa was just sat in the middle lane but never mind that.
How the hell do people drive SO CLOSE to the wheel? Surely this restricts foot / leg movement? And one can only wonder at the consequences of the airbag going off!!!



Passed a woman in a Cavvy shortly afterwards who was weaving all over the place 'cos she was typing a fookin' text message!

BTW, photo taken from passenger seat, before anyone points out the obvious

richiewong

Jesus if the airbag went off it'll snap her neck like a twig

How the hell does she breathe

Sticky Stuff

Seat belt must have been at full tilt. I reckon if she'd have had more belt she'd have been even closer

richiewong

Was she fit though

Mind you to sit that close she must have a chest like a a couple of smarties on an ironing board

Sticky Stuff

Three words

JANET STREET PORTER!!!

Sticky Stuff

If the airbag HAD gone off she'd have probably burst it before it could do any damage

richiewong

Then again she's in a Corsa so thats a to begin with

scoobydoo one

is that what you call a window licker ?

scooby-si

she might have very short legs

StickyMicky

wooden ones at that

no idea why i typed that

16vmarc

I suppose you could say the same for the person using a camera on a dual carriageway...

Sticky Stuff

RON

Yopu may have taken the picture from the passenger seat,.. but how the hell do you drive the car from the passengers seat, AND take a picture!!

Sticky Stuff

Carefully

Patt@firstime

She can't judge distances either by the look at that wing mirror

mickp

iTrader: (1)

I reckon shes got kids in the back who have just pulled the seat recliner handle, another couple of seconds and shed have her cheeks on the windscreen !!

richee

she might left her driving glasses at home. thought she could get a better view up close.

Mrs Baz

Some of us have no choice about how close we sit to the steering wheel, I have to sit that close when I'm driving as I'm only 4"11 and any further away and i can't reach the pedals!!!!

carl

My wife drives like that. I have told her of the consequences of the airbag going off, but to no avail. She's got a Merc CLK with the electric seats, and I have to hold the button down to move the seat backwards for about 30 seconds before I can get in and get my thighs under the wheel.

Still, it does have it's advantages. Even with the seat fully forward, she can't reach the pedals on the TVR so she can't drive it

leonpoole

Glue some blocks of wood to the bottom of your shoes

andyfish

I'm with you all the way on this one: my wife is a short **** but drives with the in the same relaxed position as me. The lass in the corsa was obviously told she didn't need the driving glasses as the corsa came with a prescription fitted windscreen from the opticians!

Slow_Ste

ALl joking aside, surely if that woman was to crash and the airbag to go off wouldnt it cause severe chest/head injuries?

Im guessing not as otherwise there would be a minimum height requirement to drive a car and as far as im aware there isnt such a thing...

Mrs Baz

A few of you have commented about the consequences of the woman sitting that close to the steering wheel and what if the air bag goes off, sorry but whilst training with the London ambulance service I saw many RTA's involving driver & passenger airbags going off, still causing injuries to the face and chest and nearly all of them were sitting as far back as the seat goes.
So my comment is it does'nt matter how close or far away you sit from an airbag you still get injured

StickyMicky

would you agree that you would be injured more if you sat closer?

Mrs Baz

To a certain extent yes, BUT from an airbag no, more serious injuries are normally caused by the steering wheel/dashboard crushing the driver, BUT again these injuries can happen to a seated driver/passenger some distance away.

dazzer98

iTrader: (3)

just showed my bird. she was like whats wrong with that??????

Soulgirl

Maybe none at all?

At least being so close she has no alternative but to feed the wheel - well, there isn't any room to move her elbows about

Soulgirl

Whilst googling for similar images of crazy driving positions, it appears girls do like to drive close after all.



Sweet mother of jesus... type in eating and driving into google images - from page 5 it just goes downhill fast LOL

For example: http://aarons.cc/i/i4a/kerryedwardshumpin2.gif

tayster

My mrs is only 5"1 and she drives the scooby in reclined, away from wheel position. She wrote my old scooby off by wrapping it round a lampost. If she had been close to the wheel she would ave had more damage. Luckily she walked out of hospital 2 hrs later, and didnt have any bruising so its just as well she wasnt close to the wheel

leonpoole

There is no need to sit that close. Seen how straight she has the back of the seat. Thats not because she has short arms either as you can see