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Winter brings car owners not only the inconvenience associated with the constant morning attempts to clear the “swallow” of snow. Sitting in a car that has not even
Morning, cold. Got in the car, started. I waited for warm air to come out of the stove to somehow rid the glass of icy patterns. He grabbed the steering wheel with his hands twisted from the cold, tried to turn it and suddenly realized that it didn’t work. It slips from the palms like frozen cod upon contact with warm air. The hydraulic booster also does not help: the liquid that was frozen overnight almost turned into plasticine. As a result, the reaction force has become unacceptably large. You begin to feel like a climber stuck on Everest’s slope.
True, if in the mountains a person struggles with hypothermia of the whole organism, then in the case of a car we are interested in two things – the steering wheel and palms. Or rather, their condition and temperature. After all, they are the only parts of man and machine that they come into direct contact with.
But if the steering wheel is as cold as the depths of hell, and the frozen palms do not allow the driver to understand whether he is carrying at least something, then there can be no question of any control over the car. Because for proper interaction with the machine, we need to receive a large amount of information from the palms of our hands. Although we never think about it.
Meanwhile, thanks to a large number of receptors on our limbs, we can feel the surface temperature, its texture, the magnitude of the reaction forces, the smallest vibrations that tell us about the type of micro-relief on the road, the nature of the shock absorbers, and so on. Not to mention the fact that it is necessary to hold the steering wheel so tightly that when it hits an obstacle, it does not jump out of your hands and the car does not slide into a ditch. But the palms, quickly cooled by the ice “wheel”, are simply not capable of this.
In addition, as the interior warms up, condensation appears on the cold “steering wheel”. Which makes contact with her even more fleeting. The use of different gloves and mittens raises questions: a lot depends on the material from which they are made. Woolen and synthetic products are at least absolutely unacceptable.
But a cold steering wheel means that the road may also be covered in ice, which will almost certainly be under the wheels at the wrong time. Under such circumstances, there is a high risk of making a mistake, which could cause the car to suddenly skid. And it is necessary to respond to it not only with gas, but also with the steering wheel, and very quickly. And numb hands simply glide over the cold steering wheel. A total nightmare. What must we do?
To put in order frozen hands, experts recommend using the method used by climbers. We start with rapid circular rotations of the hands, which leads to a blood flow that carries heat to the cooled extremities. After that, we actively develop brushes and three palms together. But even this is not enough. Ice “steering wheel” can reduce all our efforts to zero.
And if the steering wheel is covered with simple plastic, then you can take a cloth (napkin) and grab the edge with it. Then actively rub the surface. This removes condensation on the handlebar and quickly raises the temperature of the handlebar. Now you can go. But there are of course other options. There is a wide variety of steering wheel covers on the market today. However, its use worsens the contact of the palms with the “steering wheel”. And if you are already a connoisseur of the driver’s features of the car, then this solution will not work for you.
Thin leather gloves can be used instead. Just to be useful, they need to be warm: you can warm them up in the inside pocket of your clothes. If your steering wheel is covered with leather or Alcantara, then there are fewer problems. In general, the AvtoVzglyad portal recommends that when buying a car, consider the option of a warm steering wheel as a must.
Morning, cold. Got in the car, started. I waited for warm air to come out of the stove to somehow rid the glass of icy patterns. He grabbed the steering wheel with his hands twisted from the cold, tried to turn it and suddenly realized that it didn’t work. It slips from the palms like frozen cod upon contact with warm air. The hydraulic booster also does not help: the liquid that was frozen overnight almost turned into plasticine. As a result, the reaction force has become unacceptably large. You begin to feel like a climber stuck on Everest’s slope.
True, if in the mountains a person struggles with hypothermia of the whole organism, then in the case of a car we are interested in two things – the steering wheel and palms. Or rather, their condition and temperature. After all, they are the only parts of man and machine that they come into direct contact with.
But if the steering wheel is as cold as the depths of hell, and the frozen palms do not allow the driver to understand whether he is carrying at least something, then there can be no question of any control over the car. Because for proper interaction with the machine, we need to receive a large amount of information from the palms of our hands. Although we never think about it.
Meanwhile, thanks to a large number of receptors on our limbs, we can feel the surface temperature, its texture, the magnitude of the reaction forces, the smallest vibrations that tell us about the type of micro-relief on the road, the nature of the shock absorbers, and so on. Not to mention the fact that it is necessary to hold the steering wheel so tightly that when it hits an obstacle, it does not jump out of your hands and the car does not slide into a ditch. But the palms, quickly cooled by the ice “wheel”, are simply not capable of this.
In addition, as the interior warms up, condensation appears on the cold “steering wheel”. Which makes contact with her even more fleeting. The use of different gloves and mittens raises questions: a lot depends on the material from which they are made. Woolen and synthetic products are at least absolutely unacceptable.
But a cold steering wheel means that the road may also be covered in ice, which will almost certainly be under the wheels at the wrong time. Under such circumstances, there is a high risk of making a mistake, which could cause the car to suddenly skid. And it is necessary to respond to it not only with gas, but also with the steering wheel, and very quickly. And numb hands simply glide over the cold steering wheel. A complete nightmare. What must we do?
To put in order frozen hands, experts recommend using the method used by climbers. We start with rapid circular rotations of the hands, which leads to a blood flow that carries heat to the cooled extremities. After that, we actively develop brushes and three palms together. But even this is not enough. Ice “steering wheel” can reduce all our efforts to zero.
And if the steering wheel is covered with simple plastic, then you can take a cloth (napkin) and grab the edge with it. Then actively rub the surface. This removes condensation on the handlebar and quickly raises the temperature of the handlebar. Now you can go. But there are of course other options. There is a wide variety of steering wheel covers on the market today. However, its use worsens the contact of the palms with the “steering wheel”. And if you are already a connoisseur of the driver’s features of the car, then this solution will not work for you.
Thin leather gloves can be used instead. Just to be useful, they need to be warm: you can warm them up in the inside pocket of your clothes. If your steering wheel is covered with leather or Alcantara, then there are fewer problems. In general, the AvtoVzglyad portal recommends that when buying a car, consider the option of a warm steering wheel as a must.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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