Sure Denise... I'll bet you only know it from old
movies (-:
Jim
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--- Denise Thorpe <xyzabcde@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Tab Julius said:
>
> > As Blake mentioned, it is a driving "accessory" of
> sorts - it sits tight
> on
> > the wheel but it can revolve, allowing you to hold
> only the knob and
> steer
> > with one hand, because you can "push" the steering
> wheel through its
> entire
> > arc easily with one hand.
> >
> > As far as I think (I don't KNOW this for a fact),
> the suicide knob is
> > illegal in MOST if not all states. It is called a
> suicide knob for
> obvious
> > reasons - it's an easy way to kill yourself
> because you can't control the
> > car very well in extreme situations with one of
> those.
>
> I'd always heard it called a 'necker knob' because
> the guy driving used it
> to steer without ever needing to remove his right
> arm from around his girl
> so he could 'neck' with her whenever possible. This
> fit in with the
> cigarette pack rolled up in the T-shirt sleeve and
> the 'lead sled'. I only
> know this stuff from old movies...
>
> Denise
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