What do you do with your right arm?

[FAST AL]

The reason I ask is because the left arm can be taken care of by using a centre armrest like I bought off seremotors yet the right arm seems to be in limbo.The door seems to be a little too high to rest your arm near the bottom of the window yet the lower part of the trim is a little low. So what do you do with yours? I tend to just rest my right arm on the bottom of the window though.
Just another of those useless annoying posts that crop up from time to time.

 

[Al]

You are right - a silly post

 

[FAST AL]

Ye I know all that m8 but you need to put your arm somewhere while still holding the steering wheel and it needs some sort of rest facility on the right methinks.

 

[Al]

Lol. You would probably fail your test if you rested your arm on the door/arm rest I would think. Not something I have ever thought about to be honest unless I am eating chips, on the phone, having a shave etc when I am driving along the road

 

[erichuyn]

Although I have a LHD car, so the situation is the other way round, I do the same.
Just put it near the bottom of the window. Have to say it looks a bit dum from the outside since your arm goes upwards :S like you're a midget...

 

[jdearden]

Totally agree mate, bad ergonomics on the right hand door area my arm doesn't know what to do!

Using gaffa tape I have strapped 2 Harry Potter books to the door providing my right arm with a lovely place to be. It's like limb ecstacy. Also you can change the style of it by changing book covers.

 

[FAST AL]

You mutht be takin the pith.
I use encyclopaedia vol 1 2 3 4 5 etc....

 

[EoinM]

If I'm honest, I usually use my right arm to steer the car

 

[Alex 17]

I dont have a right arm

 

[nc30rider]

Have been known to use mine to 'Shake the Nescafe Beans' at one or two other road users

 

[FAST AL]

But when your busy steering the car what happens with your right elbow then.

 

[mordzy]

post fail...

 

[lard44]

Both my arms are extended, slightly bent at the elbow, and gently gripped around the steering wheel, at approxomately the 'ten to two' position.

At least that's what I told the Officer.

 

[stuartsjg]

Your probably too close to the wheel if you have so much spare arm length.

Ive seen people driving supposidly comfortably with the wheel no more than 1 ft from their chest.

Stuart

 

[jdearden]

saying that watch the rally drivers they have their chins resting on the steering wheel pretty much, where as the 'cruizers' round my way have their seat reclined at 45degrees and arms completely outstretched!

End of the day, you should have both hands on the wheel and its not like you're one of those american truckers who's doing 1000 mile journeys and need to rest it!

My mate used to always drive with one hand on the top of the wheel...that was untill he got a blow out on the motorway....

 

[FAST AL]

I have both hands on the wheel.I'm 6 foot tall and have my seat reclined almost right back yet still feel the need to rest the right arm somewhere while driving.

 

[Fl@pper]

put the seat at the right height and you are level with the window

 

[FAST AL]

Yeah but thats too high for a six footer.Still need to rest my arm somewhere.

 

[Fl@pper]

must admit you need a hole in the roof to do it though

 

[Mr Cellotape]

^^^^ should of spec'd the sunroof.