Headless drivers

[solferino]

MI3 got a tag

(testing because I can't figure out why my banana is all pixelated?)

 

[Talking Hands]

I hate being behind someone that's driving a car and that person who is driving can't see over the dashboard. It's like being behind a headless driver. It looks like the car is possessed and driving itself and it really is distracting and it creeps me out.

I resemble that remark. Little people drive cars too. We use pedal extenders and a pillow to get us up to where we can see. I DON'T POKE DOWN THE TURNPIKE! I actually tend to have a heavy foot. I have been stopped by the highway patrol to see if I was legal to drive. Once they see me they apologize. But how are they to know if they can't see my head over the seat.

 

[DarthKTrava]

Sure, but membership requirements could state that 15mph white knuckle drivers need not apply. I mean, I *do* live in MA. We have a driving reputation to uphold

I don't know about that.... from what I heard about Mass. driving (especially Boston), *I* would drive with white knuckles!

 

[JimVL]

(testing because I can't figure out why my banana is all pixelated?)

That sounds so wrong.

 

[jonestavern]

At 5'2" I was thinking of getting pedal extensions!

I'd like to think I don't poke along...


Jean

 

[klmall]

Finally a thread about something that drives me crazy (no pun intended). I really hate driving behind a car where I can't see the head of the driver. It bothers me because I wonder how they can see over their dashboard. Sometimes when I pull up beside them I can see them scootching up to see over their dash. It drives me nuts! It's an accident waiting to happen. Is it that they can't adjust the seat high enough to get a good view or what?

 

[Mi3stooges]

Belive it or not...........I can see just fine.

 

[solferino]

Belive it or not...........I can see just fine.

Me too. The headrest is designed to support my head/neck should the driver be in an accident, but trust me, I can see over the dash and the steering wheel. Now our Mustang is a different story, therefore I don't drive it. Those recaro seats are looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow and the hood-vent thingie is high. Bad combo for short people.

 

[Mi3stooges]

............ and the hood-vent thingie is high. Bad combo for short people.

 

[maelstrom]

I'm 4'11" so I look like a headless driver from behind. But I don't drive like a moron. When I got my new car, I had to find something with a seat and pedals that adjusted enough that I wouldn't need a pillow to sit on to see out the window. My grandma used to have all of her old Oldsmobiles rigged so that she could drive them (she's 5' but we're talking about the cars of the 1960s). My seat adjusts high enough to see out the window, but it slopes down so that my legs just go right down to the pedals. I have the pedals all the way up and my seat is very close to the wheel (no one else can sit in my seat without moving it back). Heaven forbid my airbag ever goes off, because the force of it would most likely break my face, literally. So, I'm 4'11" and I drive a station wagon, and I get all kinds of weird looks!

 

[Kath816]

DH, a recently retired po, has a name for those not headless, but almost -- seniors who drive and all you see are the little puff of grey hair -- "Q-Tips." We have many in our town.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

DH, a recently retired po, has a name for those not headless, but almost -- seniors who drive and all you see are the little puff of grey hair -- "Q-Tips." We have many in our town.

Q-Tips?

Thank you! You've made my day.

 

[robertsmom]

OK!! Thats three of us, I'll start a thread for the club but we need some rules!!
1. 5' 1" and UNDER ONLY

2. HAVE to drive the speed limit!

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Awwwwww, man! I wanted to join, but I'm 5'2". Oh well..........

 

[solferino]

DH, a recently retired po, has a name for those not headless, but almost -- seniors who drive and all you see are the little puff of grey hair -- "Q-Tips." We have many in our town.

DH calls the male drivers you speak of cue-balls. Which is sad, in a funny way, because he looks like Dr Bunsen Honeydew. The ladies are always qtips.

 

[Mi3stooges]

Awwwwww, man! I wanted to join, but I'm 5'2". Oh well..........

Okay....you can join, but you HAVE to drive the speed limit!!!!!!

 

[robertsmom]

Okay....you can join, but you HAVE to drive the speed limit!!!!!!

Well, I usually drive a tiny bit OVER the limit..... But I can slow down! LOL

 

[Mi3stooges]

Well, I usually drive a tiny bit OVER the limit..... But I can slow down! LOL

NO NO NO...YOUR IN!!!!! Thats about my speed too!!! (I do have to slow down, just got a new Suburban!!!)

 

[Turtle]

I'm only 5' 1" (maybe) and I'm just 3 inches over the limit of needing a booster seat!!!!!! My father always said I look like 8 knuckles and tuft of hair while driving. Enjoy your laugh at my expence!!!!!

That's me too!
But I go the speed limit or higher, and it drives me nuts when I get behind the snails.

 

[Mi3stooges]

That's me too!
But I go the speed limit or higher, and it drives me nuts when I get behind the snails.

And your name is ......TURTLE!!!

 

[Lachesis00]

OMG Q-tips and Q-balls?? I just LOL.

I am 5' exactly. Or was. I probably shrank. LOL. My Grandma would have been a Q-tip (maybe!). She was 4'6" on a good day. I guess it's good she never learned to drive LOL.