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Pass the steering wheel

2013 Reader Submission
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This is a personal account as related to me by my driving instructor a few decades ago.

In older cars (thing 1960s and earlier), the steering wheel could be removed by prying off the horn button and removing a nut. One of the games our driving instructor played while he was a young man was to have a carload of friends in a car where the steering wheel retaining nut had been removed. During a drive, remove the steering wheel, pass it around the car, replace it and make a correction or a turn, repeat until done with drive.

His point was that he lived through it, but it was an incredibly stupid thing to have done.

"Safe and got away with it again are two distinctly different concepts."

Submitted on 01/24/2014

Submitted by: John McLeod
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James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Interesting game! I'm surprised no one got killed! :-) Thanks, John!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
What James said.


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