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lefthanded drivers
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Posted At 13/08/2008 AAChris  |
According to the AA Driving School today lefthanders make the best drives.
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/news/aa-driving-school-left-handers-are-best.html What do you think? |
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AAChris
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Subject: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 13/08/2008 14:33:10
According to the AA Driving School today lefthanders make the best drives.
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/news/aa-driving-school-left-handers-are-best.html What do you think? |
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Liquid
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 13/08/2008 14:50:13
I cannot understand how being left-handed makes you a better driver. I would have thought it was more to do with innate intelligence, road awareness, and a good level of concentration.
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Lifecycle
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 22/08/2008 09:35:32
I agree although when you think about it, perhaps lefthanded people have greater unsighted dexterity off the wheel (radio, CD, etc) - Perhaps this makes them safer (Less thought, more instinct) ?
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Super Franky
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 22/08/2008 10:51:57
I'm not sure if this is related but I remember reading a news article that stated that left handed people are also more likely to make high positions in government. I think the study the article was based on was trying to conclude that left handed people are innately better at problem solving because they live in a right handed world... maybe this has some impact on driving as well....
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tuft
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 22/08/2008 11:01:38
I read a study once that said left-handed people die on average 5 years before right handed people. Lets hope that they aren't driving a car at the time!
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NorthernDriver
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 22/08/2008 12:47:09
Well, lefthanded people seem better at snooker, tennis and other hand eye activities... maybe it's engaging with the physical world in general. Are right handed people better at conceptual work then?
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SirRobertMark
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 18/09/2008 14:55:38
What we need is a similar study from a European driving school using left-hand drive cars, ie the students use their right hand to change gear, to see if they arrive at the same conclusion. However, I'm convinced that left-handedness is a major contribution to road safety.
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Dassots
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 03/10/2008 13:52:27
I am living proof they are not better drivers.
However, Statistics:- Statistically I only have one leg :-D |
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Dane
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 13/10/2008 23:12:23
Left handers actually tend to be more ambidexterous through having to live in a right handed world. I play most raquet sports right handed but write and do anything which needs greater fine co-ordination lefthanded.
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SirRobertMark
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 14/10/2008 15:00:13
Most people are a bit left and a bit right handed, but biased to one side or the other. It's only that the hand we use to write with tends to determine whether we pronounce ourselves as left or right handed. Here's a test that was linked to from the BBC on Left Hander's Day (13th August). I'm not quite as left-handed as I thought...
www.lefthandersday.com/tour3.html |
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Lightning McQueen
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 15/10/2008 00:03:55
Are lefthanders better at driving left hand drive cars? Or does everyone slam thier hand into the door panel to shift gear and end up opening the door when trying for the handbrake
Also, there are more right handed people in the world, therefore natural selection says that righties are the better survivors, hence the better drivers. |
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The Trippin Griffin
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 16/10/2008 11:26:12
Left handed people should be banned like gingers!!
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Supervan
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 23/04/2009 13:00:25
To Super Franky, no, you just have to be Scottish to hold a high position in Government!!
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1mad_bob
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Subject: Re: lefthanded drivers
Posted At: 07/05/2009 17:16:43
being left handed is always a winner with the girls. lol
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