Driving Barefooted or with Shoes

[Jamesc]

I rather driver without clothes on

but its against the law.

The law is an ass.

[Watwheels]

I thought only Neanderthals drive barefooted.

Or Fred Flinstone for that fact.

Yabba Dabba Do! 🤣

For civilized ppl I believe in wearing shoes to drive. When taking your driving test what is the recommended footwear? Shoes.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Watwheels

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1 hour ago, Discoburg said:

I remove my right shoe or slippers when I drive.

Don't wanna dirty my foot pedals. 😂

Must remove both even in auto. 

Nice to left foot brake. 😁

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46 minutes ago, Watwheels said:

I thought only Neanderthals drive barefooted.

Or Fred Flinstone for that fact.

Yabba Dabba Do! 🤣

For civilized ppl I believe in wearing shoes to drive. When taking your driving test what is the recommended footwear? Shoes.

Driving tests are ridiculous. 

Recommended position? 10-2. Not 9-3 as most racing and skilled drivers recommend.

Method of steering? Shuffle. Not smooth hand over hand as recommended by professionals.

Method of shifting (if it's a manual car in the first place)? Granny shifting, not rev matching as is proper. 

The driving test is not a means to the end, but merely the means to a beginning. The beginning of a career, often lifelong, of becoming a better driver. 

What does all that have to do with the merits or lack thereof of driving bare? Not much, except that you brought up driving tests, which don't mean squat. 

Drive in whatever way you feel comfortable. Modern cars have such safe cabins that the old cautions about needing protective footwear are largely moot. If so concerned, get driving or racing shoes (as I use for serious drives at sustained high triple digit speeds). 

Edited April 17, 2020 by Turboflat4

[Shibadog]

for me, either shoes or sandals (with the back strap). Driving shoes nice but uncomfortable to walk in.

slippers - too risky as it slides around. Only ok for short relaxed drive.

barefoot - never appealed to me

 

the worst so far I drove in are SAF boots and Safety shoes/boots. Zero feeling.

[Vinceng]

41 minutes ago, Turboflat4 said:

If so concerned, get driving or racing shoes (as I use for serious drives at sustained high triple digit speeds). 

I drive in Malaysia at the kind of speed you mentioned too, but also bare footed. But its better to wear racing shoes - when you need to brake hard at high speed, its better to have footwear, or you need to have a strong muscles on your right leg. 

[peasant]

2 hours ago, Jamesc said:

I rather driver without clothes on

but its against the law.

The law is an ass.

without pants you might pull the wrong hand brake 😀

[Toeknee_33]

Something struck my mind. If there was somehow a pebble or sand embedded in the brake pedal, and you need to brake hard, and you happen to be shoeless, wont the sharp jab of pain when you step on the pedal make you withdraw instinctively? And then you can't brake in time, and crash?

[Innaw00]

Havent actually tried barefoot actually. Morbid fear of little toe kenna jammed under pedal haha. Thin sole shoes, sports shoes ok. Tried flipflops for short distance. 

[13177]

5 hours ago, Discoburg said:

I remove my right shoe or slippers when I drive.

Don't wanna dirty my foot pedals. 😂

You can clean your foot pedals de. Lol.

[Scholesy]

I test drive cars also have to b bare footed 🙂

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2 hours ago, Toeknee_33 said:

Something struck my mind. If there was somehow a pebble or sand embedded in the brake pedal, and you need to brake hard, and you happen to be shoeless, wont the sharp jab of pain when you step on the pedal make you withdraw instinctively? And then you can't brake in time, and crash?

What if there's a pebble trapped in your shoe? (sometimes it rolls down the inside of the shoe just right so you're suddenly aware of it at a bad moment) That's happened to me fairly often. In contrast, I've never encountered an embedded pebble on any pedal.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Turboflat4

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Anyway, I am used to driving barefoot at normal speeds mainly because I started driving that way...before my driving test. I was already driving my family's manual car illegally in ulu places years before my basic theory. I started driving barefoot since my father did the same (he taught me to drive). It was an imposition to wear shoes during the formal lessons and the driving test. I resumed driving barefoot once I qualified. Only more recently, since I've gone mostly to 2 pedal cars, have I started wearing office shoes for normal commuting. 

Edited April 17, 2020 by Turboflat4

[Thaiyotakamli]

Shoe barefoot slipper all same same

 

i prefer to use shoe normally. Unless i wear super wide basketball shoe or expensive leather shoe then i might remove the shoe to avoid more wrinkle on shoe top

[Discoburg]

7 hours ago, 13177 said:

You can clean your foot pedals de. Lol.

Duh! Obviously right but what for dirty it in the first place. 🤣

[Sdf4786k]

15 hours ago, kobayashiGT said:

How can barefooted be safer? hahhaa.

if u do a dry run on slamming your brakes barefoot, u would understand if its safer to drive with barefoot or not

[iamahbee]

On weekends and wet market runs when I am in flip flops, I drive barefoot as I feel it is safer than having the flip flops dangling off my heel. 

But for daily driving, it is thin sole shoes anytime.

Used to have a pair of Pumas (the one that resembles racing shoes with tyre thread for soles) for serious driving and advanced driver training. These days, my favourite driving shoes are the Onitsuka Tigers.

[Aventa]

I'm very particular about driving barefoot.

I would even take out my boots (takes me close to a minute to remove) when I drive in Iceland for road trips.

The feeling of driving raw is shiok.