Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:48:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory leak in getLawsByStupidity??? Message-ID: <19970922184849.26318@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19970922093052.18994@strand.iii.co.uk>; from nik@iii.co.uk on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 09:30:52AM %2B0100 References: <5080.874580197@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970919164841.6603A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <199709192152.PAA21092@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199709200245.UAA05234@obie.softweyr.ml.org> <19970922093052.18994@strand.iii.co.uk>
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On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 09:30:52AM +0100, nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 08:45:18PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: >> I once got a ticket for driving barefoot in Utah. From a state park >> ranger, no less. What, I ask you, is wrong with driving a car barefoot? > > Something to do with a safety reflex (I believe). If your bare sole comes > down on something hard and possibly sharp, your immediate reflex is to lift > your foot away from the object. > > If this object is a brake pedal and you're trying to slam on the anchors, > the sudden connection between the sole of your foot and the pedal is likely > to cause you to immediately take your foot off the brakes. This is obviously > a bad thing. This is the standard argument I've heard from lots of people. There are two facts about it: 1. None of them is in authority in this matter. 2. None of them have ever tried it seriously. I've been driving (and most other things) barefoot for over 30 years now, and I've never had any problems slamming on the anchors. I also didn't have problems with: 1. Finding the brakes. 2. Getting my footwear caught in the pedals. 3. Hitting two pedals at once. I occasionally have done so when driving with footwear. > There's a bunch of this stuff at > > http://www.urbanlegends.com/legal/driving.barefoot/driving_barefoot.html > > The only snag being that Utah was one of the states that didn't reply. Sure, but all who did (with the initial exception of Kentucky) said that there was no such law. Greg
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