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Show Holding Steering Wheel Correctly Is Easy Task Although there are many expert automobile au-tomobile drivers in the world, it Is frequently noticed there are some drivers who do not seem to know how to hold the steering wheel correctly. An improper way ts to grasp it on the front side, resting both forearms across the wheel and leaning the body forward slightly. This, of course, gives fair control of the car, hut all the engine vibration and steering gear road shock pass from the wheel rim into the muscles and bones of the forearm. A feeling of fatigue is quickly quick-ly brought about by continued vibration vibra-tion and may cause the driver to nap at the wheel. L. B. Miller, who holds the driving record from San Francisco to New York and back to Los Angeles, recently, recent-ly, said that he always settles him self comfortably in the driver's seal, grasps the steering wheel firmly, but lightly on each side, usually with the right hand palm up and the left hand palm down, each upper arm and forearm fore-arm bent to approximate a letter L. With the steering wheel held In this manner, the car will steer easier and there Is less fatigue. |