Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt
At age 55 I wound up with the Phoenix Fire Dept riding their crisis wagons. Part of the training was to be taught how to drive THEIR way.

Key is driving with my hands on the bottom of the steering wheel, in my lap, and spinning the wheel from hand to hand to make turns, while the hands stay down in my lap.

Anyone else out there get what I'm talking about? Hosehead? Any other fire/police/emergency types taught to drive like that and have a similar problem with their sporran?

Ron
Ron,

That does not surprise me at all about PFD, since Chief Brunacini has always done things a little differently (and as a result, we have all learned from him how to do our job better and more safely). I started driving in EMS before the fire service and everyone seemed to have their own little way of doing things. I cannot say that I was ever taught that way, but I have used it at times. It is a useful technique when in a parade or a long straight road, for example. I will have to give it a shot.