Saskatchewan handbook · chapter 4 · 62 min read

Basic Driving Skills

Basic driving skills 5.5 Before you drive

Seating position If you don’t sit properly, you cannot steer well nor can you use your brake or accelerator efficiently.

The proper way to sit:

1. Sit up straight and well back into the seat. Your body should be firmly against the seat back and cushion. 2. Move the seat forward or backward so your right foot is placed on the floor underneath the brake. The seat should be sufficiently forward so that your right leg cannot be straightened, and remains slightly bent even when you push hard.

3. If the seat height can be changed, adjust it so you can see over the steering wheel, preferably so that your line of vision is half way between the top of the steering wheel and the top of the windshield. If necessary, use a cushion to raise yourself to the correct height. Try also to have at least a fist’s space between the top of your head and 4. Adjust your seat so that the roof of the vehicle. your arms are slightly bent when you reach out The angle of the seat should and grasp the steering be adjusted to support your wheel in a “9 and 3” or thigh, but you should not “8 and 4” position (see have to use excessive force “Steering,” page 104). to depress any pedal to the floor. With a manual transmission, depress the clutch with your left foot. When it is all the way down, your leg should still be slightly bent.

• If, with the seat adjusted as far forward as it will go, you are too far back to be in this position, pad your back with cushions.