Arms hanging out of windows

[Silver Ghia]

Have seen more and more drivers lately (lots actually) driving along with their arms hanging completely out of windows. This was highlighted this afternoon when driving over the Westgate bridge with its narrow lanes, a guy was cruising down the bridge in heavy traffic with his arm hanging down from the window, ready for another car to drift over and into it (remembering there was a thread recently on cars tending to drift into other lanes).

Besides being illegal, how stupid is this practice? I'm sure our members here have more sense.

Probably part of the current trend of driving while in a daydream, you're safe as long as you're under the speed limit. Oh yes, and in a car that is much safer as it has curtain airbags.

[Nikked]

Just need a LHD drive car to even out the tan...

[Ford_The_Win]

I don't have an issue with it if you're cruising along a country road on a hot day, in a car without air conditioning as I have done a few times before. But in city traffic or anywhere that your arm could easily be crushed by a careless driver, it makes me cringe. These days I just keep the windows closed all the time and crank up the A/C.

[janddbone]

Not allowed to do much these days are we....

[Adamz Ghia]

I always do this, see nothing wrong with it. I'm aware of other cars around me so if one gets too close I pull my arm in a bit. On a warm day there's nothing better...

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by brett.r.johnstone

Not allowed to do much these days are we....

and again this isnt a new law and has been around for decades....

[meatbag]

My arm doesn't stick out firther than my mirrors on the rare occasion I do it.

I've never had anyone clip my mirrors so I don't see why this would be an issue. The main risk would be in the event of a crash you arm would be basically the first thing to be chopped off or if lucky crushed to smitherines.

[Auslandau]

I have a Coupe ...... its mandatory!!!!!

[Professor Farnsworth]

Arm hanging is a summer-evening necessity. I know as a friend of mine..

[SSD-85]

Yes it is very bad. Just make sure you have both hands placed on the wheel at 2 & 10 oclock too. Otherwise youll be responsible for slaughtering millions of motorists.....

[buggo]

I have my arm out the window a lot of the time? Didn't really think I was being an idiot while tapping the door like a drum or stumming the window sill to a good song on a nice day. Sure, I may one day have a car ram into me, but atleast I won't get glass in my eye from the window smashing.

[Coyote mk3]

I hate seeing people in nice clean, decent cars doing it, I cringe at the thought of the fingerprints and marks they are putting all over the door....but that's just me haha.

The closest I come to it is the elbow resting on the trim and hand on the steering wheel.

[seduced_xr]

my windows always down and my arm rests on the top of the trim with my hand resting sort of on the exterior door skin, these muppets holding onto their door strip half way down the door need to have a look at a photo of themself... you look stupid!

[myxr6]

I have seen passengers lounging and having both feet sticking out of the window , usually both feet resting on the mirror.

[duaned]

What's wrong with placing an arm out the window to allow a little fresh air evaporate the sweat from the underarms? Na, I generally notice it's the cap backward brigade driving their vehicles with the arms extended down the door to leave some DNA on their rubbish paint job!

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by myxr6

I have seen passengers lounging and having both feet sticking out of the window , usually both feet resting on the mirror.

........ They should watch "Death Proof" and they may change their minds on that!

[Zaxx]

C'mon guys!

There's easily 5kw's with the ol' arm-out-the-window trick.

I couple that, with a boostcruising sticker, which also gives a large rwkw increase, and i'm keeping up with F6's lol..

;)

[buggo]

Originally Posted by seduced_xr

my windows always down and my arm rests on the top of the trim with my hand resting sort of on the exterior door skin, these muppets holding onto their door strip half way down the door need to have a look at a photo of themself... you look stupid!

Yeah that's how I have mine too, thought that was what was meant. Having your arm 'hang' down the door isn't even comfortable, and yeah looks dumb.

[fmc351]

Every time I see it it reminds me of the movie with Michael Caine, 'the hand'.

[Windsor342ci]

Originally Posted by seduced_xr

my windows always down and my arm rests on the top of the trim with my hand resting sort of on the exterior door skin, these muppets holding onto their door strip half way down the door need to have a look at a photo of themself... you look stupid!

When you say though, they look stupid, does it matter how they look? Are they actually doing attempting to seek your approval for how they look? For instance, a HSV lover would say we look stupid in a Ford. Or a V8 lover would say you look stupid in a XR6... I dont believe you purchased an XR6 to impress the croud like I didnt purchase a V8 to make friends... TBH, this seems like more of a moan session then anything else... Build a bridge I say. Move along.

[Streets]

They do it to hold the door on.

[new2ford]

Being the first body part to be ripped off in an accident I am all in favour of anything that will further raise the already high cost of medical trauma in road accidents, tie up the hospital system and raise our insurance premiums. More body parts should be extended out windows. The head would be a good one to start with.

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by new2ford

Being the first body part to be ripped off in an accident I am all in favour of anything that will further raise the already high cost of medical trauma in road accidents, tie up the hospital system and raise our insurance premiums. More body parts should be extended out windows. The head would be a good one to start with.

It might actually increase the IQ of the nation as well

[Neale]

There was a write up in the local paper the other week about this. In it there was a story of a guy that had lost the use of his arm because a motor bike rider hit his arm while riding through stopped traffic. It smashed his elbow & did alot of permenant damage.

Ive occasionaly rested my arm on the window sill but found it uncomfortable to have my whole arm haning out the window while driving, so ive never really done it.

[Mickxr8]

Whatever happened to " gary gutter grip" and his mullet ?

[Ben73]

My cousin was told by a cop to put his arm inside the car or he will be in trouble. Btw he was stopped at the lights and was only resting it on the sill. It wasnt hanging out like OP describing. Bit over the top really.

[JG65TE]

Its called fat arming, I am pretty sure I invented it in about 85. I still do it and will continue to do it., so cross me off the members with sense list.

[steve.zissou]

I am more of a fan of the "Air dragon"

Where you use the air speed to make your hand go up and down (fly). Nothing better on a hot summers night.

toughens your up when hitting a big bug at 110kmph

[Rockape]

Cant see a problem with it. Its there arm.

[THE4RD]

I don't do it. I find it too hard to text on my phone, turn the newspaper pages, scroll through my ipad playlists, adjust the GPS and drink a cup of hot coffee without using both hands, while steering with my knees.