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Friday Puzzle -- Driving instruction

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Friday Puzzle -- Driving instruction

Alex Y

A common instruction to new drivers is to hold the steering wheel at the ten and two positions. My instructor stated the directions a little differently, and told me to hold the wheel in the positions of a clock's hands at ten 'til two. I did that, but found that whenever I held my hands level, the car steered off onto the right shoulder.

What time should he have told me to mimic with my hand positions in order to have them symmetrical, approximating the ten and two position?

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John Veerkamp

current thinking is now 48

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Larry Barrett

I think if he said "nine 'til two" you would slowly drive into on-coming traffic.

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Alex Y

True, but not as quickly as I went off on the right shoulder! So to what time (to the nearest second) should I set my hands?

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Larry Barrett

I say set your hands to match clock hands at 1:50:46.1. The angle each clock hand makes with 12:00 will be 55 degrees, so your hands on the steering wheel will be at same level.

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Alex Y

Same answer I got, at least to the second.

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