Nude Driving Dangers

[bendigonudey]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/naked-at-the-wheel-20081129-6nfy.html

[richinoregon]

Sounds like they may not have been wearing seat belts-you have to get used to them if you are nude.

[nakedjohn]

Always wear your belt. Its the law.

[FireProf]

I don't see how driving nude caused the accident or is dangerous. Simply being naked and driving isn't dangerous. Driving reckless, not paying attention or doing something you shouldn't that takes your attention away from what you should be doing is dangerous while driving.

It's too bad they were in this accident and one of them ended up dead. I wonder if this was just a prank or if this is something they do occasionally or often. At any rate, the accident was tragic but I don't think just being nude was the cause.

[Pete Knight]

At any rate, the accident was tragic but I don't think just being nude was the cause.
I couldn't agree more, the report is very brief, and it is only assumption that the victims weren't wearing seat belts, and how the nudity contributed to the accident would be pure speculation.

Whilst seat belts help reduce injury and death, they are by no means a preventative measure, in a really bad accident a seat belt would make no difference.

Pete Knight

[bendigonudey]

that their decision to drive nude may have been influenced by consuming a significant amount of alcohol, and this may have had more to do with the accident than the nudity.

It is also possible that they were part of the un-enlightened group who confuse being nude with sexual availability, and therefore the focus may not have been on driving (the car).

It does seem, however, that the "journalist" seems to have drawn a conclusion that driving nude is the relevant factor in the tragedy that happened to this couple - not necessarily accurate, as recently a driver ran into a big tree near here, and the speed limit on the section of road was blamed, even though the injured driver admitted that he was reaching down to pick something up off the floor of his car, and failed to notice that there was a bend in the road!

Anyway, we will await future court proceeding with interest.

[nudeM]

As tragic as this story ended up, leave it to the press to make note that the people involved were naked. Makes one wonder if there was hanky panky going on or not, but by merely mentioning that they were naked, leaves that to speculation.:smoking:

[FireProf]

that their decision to drive nude may have been influenced by consuming a significant amount of alcohol, and this may have had more to do with the accident than the nudity.

Anyway, we will await future court proceeding with interest.

See...here again, we shouldn't think that driving nude had anything to do with the accident. Your quote still implies that the "nudity" still had something to do with the accident. Or maybe I'm reading into your quote..."may have had MORE to do with the accident than the nudity."

If they were drinking prior, that's a big factor, if they were drinking and having sex and became distracted, that's another factor, if the passenger was doing something to the driver and distracted her, that's yet another factor, was there something mechanically wrong with the vehicle?, was there something in the road and they swerved to avoid it, that's another factor. All these OTHER things are what possibly caused the accident...not being naked.


As do we. Please keep us posted. Thanks.

[Bob S.]

I don't see how you read that the nudity had any relevance to the accident, FireProf. It seems they just used the naked slant to make the article a better read. It's more fun to say they were naked than discuss the condition of the road or any other factors that may have actually led to the accident.

Bob S.

[Home Nudist]

It seems they just used the naked slant to make the article a better read. It's more fun to say they were naked than discuss the condition of the road or any other factors that may have actually led to the accident.

Bob S.

I gotta agree. While it's unusual for two people to be found naked in a car accident, the nudity had no bearing on the story. It was only used for the "titillation" factor.

Someone was injured, and someone was killed. To report that they were nude just plants something in people's minds that may or may not have been relevant to the accident.

It's similar to reporting that an actor/actress who died of a drug overdose was "found nude in bed." Why wouldn't they be nude in bed? It need not be mentioned.

[Yuppers]

Naked driving is only dangerous when other drivers can't keep their eyes on the road.

[FireProf]

I don't see how you read that the nudity had any relevance to the accident, FireProf. It seems they just used the naked slant to make the article a better read. It's more fun to say they were naked than discuss the condition of the road or any other factors that may have actually led to the accident.

Bob S.

I know that! I don't think you read the entire thread. I was addressing "that"
fact to bendigonudey. The fact is...I do drive nude....alot and I don't think it's dangerous and I don't think that my driving nude will have anything to do with me having an accident as long as I pay attention to what I'm doing and not become distracted by those in the vehicle with me.

What I may have been "reading" into was bendigonudey's line where he states...their drinking may have had "more" to do with the accident than the nudity.