Driving With A Foot Out The Window

I saw this while driving down the road recently. A person just tooling down a major road with their foot hanging out the window. What possesses people do drive with their feet out the window? I see it every once in a while from both drivers and passengers. This time my daughter just happened to be in the car with me so she could catch this picture. I did a quick search of the internet and of the medical literature and wasn’t able to find any specific literature on the potential downsides from driving like this. I was, however, able to find other pictures/posts/comments … calling a driver doing this a “jackass,” noting that the practice was awkward and potentially dangerous, stating that a person driving in this manner is “white trash skank,” stating that driving this way is illegal in Delaware, noting that a driver in Australia who was pictured with both feet out a window had been charged with “reckless conduct endangering life, failure to have proper control of a vehicle, careless driving, and limbs protruding from a vehicle,” and a comment noting that the practice was something worthy of circus people. So if driving with your feet out the window doesn’t hurt anyone and it feels nice to have a breeze blowing on your bare feet while traveling at 50 MPH, then why shouldn’t we do it? Here are some of my thoughts. First, you look like a freak when you drive with your foot out the window. It isn’t cool. It ...
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