When I was grwoing up in the 1940’s and 1950’s we were taught to place our left hand at 11:00 and right hand at 5:00 on the steering wheel. With power steering the hand positions were changed to 10:00 and 2:00. Now with with airbags the recommended hand position is 7:00 and 5:00. Can anyone explain …

Hand Position on Steering Wheel

mcparadise July 27, 2009, 3:37pm 6

I’ve never heard of 11:00 and 5:00 before.

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