OZ driving barefoot.

I'm with you Motherhen, much safer driving bare foot than with thongs or high heels.

It would be so hard to police anyway, if you were stopped how easy would it be just to grab the shoes and slip them on before the officer got out of his car lol.

Cheers

D

I believe it's been illegal for years ?
I could understand it being so for if you happened to have stone stick to the sole of you foot and in an emergency hit the brake pedal hard the foreign object causing pain could cause you to lift your foot back of the pedal.
Just my 2 cents as for the reasons why

If you draw straws that long then MAYBE the barefoot driver could be just as likely to get a stone in the right foot and wouldn't be able to accelerate so hard so it must be a safer way to drive!

I have known people who were weren't allowed to do there driving test because they turned up wearing thongs.
Cheers Dave.

If you draw straws that long then MAYBE the barefoot driver could be just as likely to get a stone in the right foot and wouldn't be able to accelerate so hard so it must be a safer way to drive!


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Funnily enough I brake and accelerate with the same foot ? I do know many that drive auto's that get into the bad habit of using two feet one for brake and one for accelerator ?????
But apparently it's not illegal ......................... and falls back to onus being on the operator I guess.

why is it a bad habit using two feet?
when I did my first advanced driving course that was the first thing the instructor made me change to.
I find it a lot safer driving along a busy suburban area and having my left foot on the brake pedal without touching it.

there are some doing the same but actually depressing the pedal and then you see the stop lights are on for lengthy periods.
JS.

Well with out opening a tin of worms if you ever jump back into a manual vehicle you could find yourself in a whole heap of bother in an emergency situation for if your left foots glued to the brake pedal .................. how do you operate the clutch ? Rest assured in an emeregency bad habits emerge. But then I'm old school for unless medical reasons as in a disability is present then Auto licences only shouldn't be allowed. If a gear stick and a clutch pedal is all it takes to make one incompetant to drive then thats far to close to the edge I reckon.
On the bare foot side of things regards footware how many here are old enought to have driven in platform shoes. John Travolta disco heads step forward now please lol
Cheers

Its a bad habit because it dangerous. I to have done a number of advanced driving courses and raced cars for many years. It is acceptable to use your left foot to settle or set the up car for cornering (rallying) and allow you to pick up the throttle early etc for racing.

However all of the defensive driving courses I have done don't recommend it. I was also able to complete a number of training days with the Police at the Goulburn drivers centre and it was highlighted to me there why left foot braking was dangerous in a serious emergency braking situation, particularly in the dry.

When you slam the brakes on as hard as you can (abs allows for this - non abs you need to moderate the braking to suit) in an emergency. Because you have both of your feet off the ground (non left foot brakers will have their left leg to brace them against the fire wall or foot rest) your body weight moves forward with the G forces experienced while braking, you can not physically control the braking force you apply any longer as your body weight is moving forward and you are now applying this force to the break pedal.

This may be fine if you have an abs equipped car and just have to stop and steer. However if a Kenworth is coming and you need to jump off the brake and accelerate quickly you are screwed.

Trust me on this we did it with V8 commodores at maximum braking and it was alarming, no one could get off the brake when instructed while emergency braking.

Regards

That is my understanding of the rules. To be more certain of my facts I did a search of the Australian Road Rules (before I had read more than a couple of messages in this thread.) I searched on shoe, shoes, footwear and foot wear. I got no results.

Might be an idea for those who "think" to do some research rather than post dribble.

I think it's just called "discussion" and thats how we all learn .............. Wouldn't be much of an info site if we all just clammed up now would it ?
Would like to take this time to thank all those for their parting of knowledge in areas where I have no expertise as it's much appreciated
Cheers

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Oh gee.... that's toooo clever!

Hey,
the reason we are allowed to drive barefoot is all our thongs have been washed out to sea.

Now how good is that from the local government after the floods to legislate and allow us to drive in bare feet.

Well arn't we proactive.

The Chad ......................... a pity more don't take this common sense approach to things.
Cheers

Honky
My experience with the traffic laws in NSW goes back to 1962, and in that time there has never been such a law. But then again, in 1962 we didn't have P plates, so I'm afraid your recollectons are incorrect. I will certainly accept that a cop, or perhaps even a group of cops may have had a bee in their bonnet about something - but it was never the law, and therefore was never changed.

Teege(retired driving instructor, police prosecutor, and lawyer )

It was a question not a answer
The time was around around 1972.
Stop ready the bottom of the calender and get back to your inner government job.

Honky

Yep DD, I can see how that would happen

I believe there is an offence for this in NSW now. There wasn't previously unless you were over the limit but i think you will find it has recently changed.