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Today I'm going to talk to you about a very important topic, often less common, which is a correct driving position. Come on! The first concern we should have when we are sitting on the steering wheel is to ensure that the distance from the pedals is the most correct. One of the most common errors in the adjustment of a correct driving position has to do with the distance to the pedals. It is frequent to step on the clutch and adjust the seat so that we are too stretched. Steping on the clutch pedal in the background is the best reference we have to find the correct distance. Adjusting so that with the pedal always below we find a position that allows us to stay with the left leg always slightly flat, neither too much nor too stretched. Once we find the correct distance with the correct left leg, automatically the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal will be automatically in the right place. To follow a correct adjustment of the length of the bench in relation to the pedals, we move to the backrest. The type of adjustment varies greatly from car to car, but basically we will not create positions neither too extreme nor too straight that will cause us a great fatigue in the long run at the end of a few kilometers, as much as possible. Another major problem is a correct adjustment of the height and depth of the wheel. Obviously these types of adjustments differ a lot from car to car, but the ideal will be to have the wheel as close to us as possible, with a height that does not stop from a single view forward. Yes, of all these adjustments, what is the best way to make us sit down? It is simple. We step on the rear wheel base, we encrusted the area to the bench firmly against the bench and all the area of u200bu200bthe back too. If we can touch the area below the pulse in the upper part of the wheel without encrusting the back of the bench to be able to maneuver the wheel easily without moving the back, it means that we are in a fairly correct position. A major improvement, often less pronounced, is the adjustment of the headrest. The encrusted should never below the area of u200bu200bthe neck, once in the case of an accident our head when being projected backwards does not have any kind of support where it is. This adjustment at this time will be ideal. Indissociable of a correct driving position is also a correct adjustment of the mirror, whether from the inner mirror or from the outer mirror. The easiest and correct way to adjust the inner mirror is by keeping the head in the direction of the road and looking only with the look for the mirror and thus making the correct adjustment. The adjustment of the outer mirrors does not obduce great science but requires special care so that we have in our mirrors the largest amount of possible road without so much of loss, part of the image with the side of the car.
