{"id":42564,"date":"2023-02-07T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=42564"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T15:03:11","slug":"q-how-far-from-the-steering-wheel-should-i-be-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-how-far-from-the-steering-wheel-should-i-be-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: How far from the steering wheel should I be sitting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42565 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ask-Ross-image-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>Q<\/strong>: <em>\u201cAt a recent track day, an instructor told me that I was sitting too far from the steering wheel, and yet it feels comfortable to me. I\u2019ve seen other drivers sit closer to the wheel, but that looks cramped to me. Is there a rule of thumb for how far from the steering wheel I should sit?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: The best \u201crule of thumb\u201d is this: lay the wrist of one hand over the top of the steering wheel, at the 12 o\u2019clock position; with your wrist resting on the top of the wheel, you should still have a slight bend in your elbow without pulling your back\/shoulder away from the back of the seat. If your elbow is bent too much, you\u2019re too close; if your arm\/elbow is straight, you\u2019re too far away from the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>There are always exceptions to this \u201crule,\u201d but that provides a good place to start.\u00a0If this requires you to move your position from what you\u2019re used to, it may take a while to build a new habit, and for it to feel comfortable. But the only reason the way you\u2019re sitting now feels comfortable is because you\u2019ve driven that way for quite some time. Adjust the seat and steering wheel as I suggest, give it time, and it will not only be better for your driving, but it\u2019ll become comfortable, too.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen drivers improve their lap times, and be more consistent by adjusting how far they sit from the steering wheel. It\u2019s that important to get it right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cAt a recent track day, an instructor told me that I was sitting too far from the steering wheel, and yet it feels comfortable to me. I\u2019ve seen other drivers sit closer to the wheel, but that looks cramped to me. Is there a rule of thumb for how far from the steering wheel I should sit?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42566,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564\/revisions\/42566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}