Speed Too Great For Conditions

[dems4me]

If you have to sit on the forward edge of your seat in order to drive your vehical, try adjusting the seat forward. If that doesn't work, put a pillow behind you, but wear your dayum seatbelt.
If your truck has an airbag in the steering wheel and it goes off while you're hunched over the wheel, you'll think the seat belt bruise was nothing.
Why on earth would you buy a vehical that you can't see out of?

I can see out of it... I just like to be up on the wheel ... I'm not one of those relaxed driver with my headback on the head rest kind. Will try the pillow recommendation though I would very much like to wear a seat belt, just not one I have to struggle with for at least 3 hours a day in commuting.

 

[dems4me]

...which is defective because you let them stick you with the bill, right...

I don't recall, I just remember my health insurance calling me insessently until I gave them my friends address and phone number and then they started hounding her. I don't recall paying for anything other than having to use up an entire week of sick leave at work and the arguing over who was going to pay for everything from my health insurance company. I was just happy to be alive at this point and in pain :shrug:

 

[Bogart]

I would very much like to wear a seat belt, just not one I have to struggle with for at least 3 hours a day in commuting.

Get one of those extenders

 

[dems4me]

Get one of those extenders

 

[Mikeinsmd]

I'm sure if it's a late model truck, the seat back tilts & locks forward. It's ludacrous not to wear a seatbelt.

 

[Bogart]

http://www.extend-it.com/

You're welcome

 

[mAlice]

http://www.extend-it.com/

You're welcome

 

[dems4me]

http://www.extend-it.com/

You're welcome

Thanks... although I'm not a large person I suppose I could be considered one if I have a few pillows behind me....

The seat adjusts in the truck but only in certain grooves of about every inch or two... it's somewhere in themiddle that would be perfect... I find that perfect setting and as soon as I slam on the breaks the seat moves forward and CLICK it's now into place in another position.

 

[aps45819]

... I find that perfect setting and as soon as I slam on the breaks the seat moves forward and CLICK it's now into place in another position.

Automotive 101.
You use your BRAKES to stop your car. When you hunch over your steering wheel and the airbag goes off, your chest will BREAK

 

[dems4me]

When you hunch over your steering wheel and the airbag goes off, your chest will BREAK

:

no need to worry... I have enough of cushioning ...

 

[Bogart]

Titties can break, too.

 

[scupper trout]

Downshifting and letting engine compression slow the car would be a much better idea.

Absolutely....helps slow down better than locking up the brakes and can be used for going down hills much safer. (Of course without a car a 1/2 a lenth in front).

 

[willie]

Downshifting and letting engine compression slow the car would be a much better idea.

Does that hold true for a front wheel drive? The idea is to gently drag your azz behind you (not do a 180°). Downshifting a FWD leaves a loose rear end and nobody wants that.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Does that hold true for a front wheel drive? The idea is to gently drag your azz behind you (not do a 180°). Downshifting a FWD leaves a loose rear end and nobody wants that.

Not to mention brakes are cheaper to replace than clutches and transmissions. I would never recommend using the drivetrain to slow a vehicle (manufacturers don't recommend it either).

 

[itsbob]

I'm sure if it's a late model truck, the seat back tilts & locks forward. It's ludacrous not to wear a seatbelt.

I agree, of all the stupid and dangerous things I've done in my life and miraculously survived, I think it stupid to have an obit that states.. "died because he didn't wear a seatbelt.."



Hoping my obit will read "Bob, age 89, shot dead by a jealous husband"

 

[kwillia]

Hoping my obit will read "Bob, age 89, shot dead by a jealous husband"

I'm sure your wife would be so proud...

 

[aps45819]

Not to mention brakes are cheaper to replace than clutches and transmissions. I would never recommend using the drivetrain to slow a vehicle (manufacturers don't recommend it either).

In normal everyday traffic, downshifting to stop at a traffic light is a waste. That's not what we're talking about, but driving in less than optimal conditions. I wouldn't recommend buying a vehical without a clutch and manual transmission. I would recommend taking a performance driving course that teaches you how to control a vehical that is at it's limits of traction. The same actions that will recover contol on dry pavement at 100mph will work on snow at 20mph.
And tell me you don't downshift that Harley in corners.

 

[Petter Solberg]

Smooth driving will reward a person best when driving in incliment/all conditions. Any transition such as a turn, gearshift, and brake application should be applied smoothly as to not upset the balance of the car.
When dealing with a total loss of traction on ice, locking the brakes is pretty much so all that can be done, although the ABS equipped on many cars will keep this from happening, increasing braking distance.

 

[dems4me]

I tried adjusting seat and then balled my coat up behind me for the drive home and it seemed to help with the seat belt... the only thing is the seat belt left a red mark on my neck... it goes from my neck to my waist so much to the point that if I was to wreck I'd fear decapitation.

 

[aps45819]

I tried adjusting seat and then balled my coat up behind me for the drive home and it seemed to help with the seat belt... the only thing is the seat belt left a red mark on my neck... it goes from my neck to my waist so much to the point that if I was to wreck I'd fear decapitation.

Isn't fear the reason you need to hunch over the steering wheel in the first place? I'd think a little more fear in you life souldn't be a problem since you've made it the centerpiece of your life.