What is something weird you do when you drive that most other drivers do not do? ~

A dying breed indeed!  Good for you!

Me, too.
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And I have this bumper sticker on my car - - I smile and chuckle every time I look at it.
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That's hilarious! 

Thanks, SavvyAnsley! I love it, too!
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I hope no one out there who sees it on my car takes any offense and shoots me or something, ha!  I put the sticker on my car in all good fun!
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And I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  I do, too.

Not impossible.  I drive without my phone on, too. :)

What made you switch to doing that if you can recall ???  :)D 

I do too unless I'm traveling.  No one calls me on it; it's for me to make calls.  If I'm traveling I leave it on for family since I won't be getting home and checking the answer machine.  YES, answer machine......beats the hell out of voice mail!

Another big "YES!" for the answering machine!
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  Element, why did you have to let that cat out of the bag?  The millenials will read this and come after you for committing sacrilege. Sigh, it was good knowing you, pal. 



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I used to do that on those long trips to and from the Naval Bases and home on weekends. Much more comfortable.

Driving without shoes is legal in all 50 states and the UK.

My feet are not tough enough to do so.

According to the Driving Standards Agency – the body that regulates the UK driving test – “suitable shoes are particularly important behind the wheel. We would not recommend driving barefoot because you don’t have the same braking force with bare feet as you do with shoes on.”

That's ridiculous. We have power brakes now. That must be quite old. This post was edited by Element 99 at June 11, 2018 2:24 PM MDT

Neither old nor ridiculous.

The braking power required to stop the car may easily be greater than the lbs/in^2 that the metatarsal(s)  may be able to sustain without too much pain to apply the consistent forced needed to the brake pedal.

The sole of a shoe would spread the force and eliminate the pain.

Haven't you ever drive a sports car with small pedals?

Pain wasn't mentioned in the driving standards. I could see where that might apply with the clutch.

  I was stationed in Hawaii for five years, and I developed the habit of sometimes driving barefoot there.  Every now and then, someone who was new to Hawaii would tell me it was illegal, that a police officer could give me a ticket, and I'd challenge them, "Why?"  
  "Well, because it's illegal back in (insert the name of some freezing cold northern state)."
  "Are you sure it's illegal there, or is it just not done there because it's less common to go barefoot in general?" I would ask them.  That usually did the trick. 
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Yes, it one of the most common fallacies around.

When I was in my 20's, I had a 15 foot ski boat.  I always made sure that I had shoes on when I was loading or unloading it from the trailer.

Occasionally a friend would choose to drive barefoot---my initial reaction was always "How can you do that (without your feet hurting)?

I never thought it was unsafe.

But it's definitely not for me---foot comfort wise

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