Sometimes you lend your car to someone who needs it for a few days and then encounter some difficulties once seated on the driver’s side seat.
This happens because not all having the same heightyou are forced to move the seat forwards or backwards.
The car owner does not always remember how the seat was placed before, so finding the most comfortable position for driving it becomes truly impossible. Yet it is important to find it again, for security reasons and beyond.
How to fix the car seat to drive well and safely
Driving school they teach the fundamental rules for 100% safe driving. We talk about mirrors, steering wheel, gears, arrows and also about seats and positions to be maintained, by law, safety or comfort. The belt, for example, must never be missing and it must obviously be hooked upotherwise it is useless.
The first thing to watch out for is the position of the knees, these must be slightly bent when the accelerator is pressed. If your legs are fully extended when accelerating, you should move the seat forward, if not, move it back.
Many new cars, they also give the possibility to raise the seat to see clearly through the windows or the windshield. The hips must not be lower than the knees. In the event that the car does not have to be of the new generation, then you should not have the possibility of the seat height adjustmentyou can simply use a pillow so that the hips are totally aligned with the knees.
Obviously you don’t have to be too high, otherwise to drive you have to bend over and this is also not good. The backrest, on the other hand, must come to form an angle of 100 degrees to reduce the pressure exerted on the lower back. For example, it may be too reclined if you have to shrug your shoulders when you turn the steering wheel.
The correct position should allow you to turn the steering wheel comfortably, keeping the elbows only a little bent and not quite. Instead, what about the headrest and the nape of the neckthis must be right in the center, aligned with the top of the headrest.
How to remember the exact position of the car seat
The correct position is found after several attempts and after having found it you have to be good at not losing it. That’s why a piece of scotch, attached to the seat can solve the problem.
Before lending the car e so before moving the seat forward or backward, it is recommended to stick a piece of scotch tape on the seat to remember how the selector lever was set.
