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Ben Cantrick wrote:

> In article <39592F4A.6EC811D@noplace.com>, Bri  <noone@noplace.com> wrote:
> >No way!  You can drive with both hands using a hands free phone.
> >You can only use one hand when driving with a handheld phone.
> >
> >There is absolutely no way that you will ever convince me that you can
> >drive just as well with one hand as you can with two.  Talk to anyone that
> >has taken any type of driver education, driver training or automobile
> >race training.
> >
> >If you think you can drive just as well with one had you are smokin'
> >crack in the bathroom.
>
>   I'd say you can drive _almost_ as well with only one hand *if* you
> have a car with an automatic transmission. With a stick, no way.
>
>           -Ben

Ben,

You need a refresher driving lesson, there is absolutely no way that you have
complete
control of any vehicle with only one hand.  Bike, motorcyle, car or airplane.
No driving instructor (high school, race or private) will back you on this.

There is no way you have ANY control over a manual transmission with one
hand.

Two hands an 10 and 2 is the only way to correctly steer a car.  Maybe some
Indy
drivers use 9 and 3, but always two hands.  A very high percentage of
drivers in the US forget to use 2 hands most of the time.  I too am guilty
many times,
but now that I am in the land of mucho-crappy drivers, I have been paying
closer
attention to this, since an evasive manuever is inevitable.

There are a number of reasons for using two hands.  It takes more effort and
concentration to use two hands and keep them placed on specific parts of
the steering wheel.  As a result you are concentrating more on driving.  Also,

if you have to make a turn with one hand, the steering wheel will be
completely
unbalanced since you are applying force to only one side of the wheel, if you
need to turn back you can easily go into an over/under correction and possibly

even an steering oscillation.

This may not be to obvious to you, but if you are driving, talking on the
phone and need to make an emergency turn (more likely a correction) you
will not have any control over the vehicle.

Bri