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by Anonymous on January 18th, 2006
Being a professional truck driver for 18 years with over 2 million miles behind me: According to the Department of Transportation it is illegal to drive a vehicle without having proper foot support that will prevent the driver from applying and maintaining steady pressure on the brake pedal for an extended period of time.
Post Rating Note: This answer can be found in the DOT
Official Drivers Guide Handbook. "Extended periods of time" would refer to anyone who might be in a traffic jam having to maintain continuous pressure on the brake pedal for extended periods of time. Being barefoot would cause a drivers foot to become tired more quickly. According to the DOT it is illegal to drive barefoot. I did not write the Law. I am simply answering the question with known, but unpopular, information.
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so, it is illegal to drive without footwear that will prevent you from proper braking. Still too convoluted for me.
by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on January 23rd, 2006
so, 'extended period' defined as 'extended period', 'proper support' as 'proper support' #@ing govt.
by notmrjohn on April 18th, 2006
Unfortunately many people believe driving barefoot is unsafe, and they may be correct if you're used to wearing supportive footwear all the time outside your vehicle and rarely if ever put a bare foot on the floor. You'll probably have tender soles and not much strength in the foot itself. But there are many of us out here who have plenty of strength in our feet and legs, think of the growing community of barefoot runners for example! If you can run 10miles barefoot, you can deal with a traffic jam barefoot. But even walking around barefoot around the house and yard on a regular basis you'll have feet that are not just soft, weak appendages that need support at all times.
Also, there are many types of footwear that aren't providing any support and may even interfere with braking. Think of heels and wedges! Some cops and insurers actually recommend people taking bad footwear off and driving barefoot, for example an insurance research director claims ‘Shoes with thin soles and low heels are safest when driving. However Mr McDonald said driving barefoot was safer than wearing bad footwear.’ ( http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/drivers-in-shoe-warning/story-e6freooo-1111113093392 ) and this Wisconsin officer: 'For drivers who wear heels or other shoes that make driving difficult, Larson even said he’d encourage them to drive barefoot.' ( http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_e56f64aa-d97c-5b03-8cce-3c6182672842.html ).
by myranya on March 12th, 2011