I finally got to hear this last evening. As two other people and me were leaving to go home, I had my xero shoes tucked in the back pocket of my shorts and person A noticed my feet were bare and said, "Do you have your sandals?"
I said, "Yeah, in my back pocket." I put the bag that I carry my bowling ball in on my shoulder and walked towards the door.
Person A exclaimed, "It's illegal to drive barefoot."
Person B voiced agreement to that.
I said, "No, it's not illegal. I suppose there's the possibility a cop might try to cite you for some sort of reckless driving if he observes you're barefoot, but there are no laws against barefoot driving."
And with that, I went out the door following Person B and her friend as they went to go to their car and I went to mine. Now, sort of interesting is that Person B was wearing a pair of flip-flops, but flip-flops that looked like they had a sole maybe 1.5 inches thick. She actually stumbled a bit on the driveway from the way the sole caught the surface.
I said, "It would probably be better to drive barefoot than in those flip-flops." To which she agreed. She wasn't driving anyhow, but it certainly might make someone think about the dilemma she might have been in if there was actual law against driving barefoot, and she was driving and her only pair of shoes were those. It seems like she would have had more potential problems with handling the brake and accelerator wearing those than she would have if she were to go barefoot.
I wonder if any of them bothered to google whether or not it is illegal to drive barefoot.
Now, of course, absence of evidence isn't actually evidence of absence, but so far in the times I've gone googling about barefoot driving, I've still yet to come across a solid specific reference to any local municipalities have ordinances against barefoot driving. But still, the lack of any of those lead me to believe there are no laws against barefoot driving at federal, state, or local level, or if there are any at the local level, they are effectively dormant and not ever used.
I said, "Yeah, in my back pocket." I put the bag that I carry my bowling ball in on my shoulder and walked towards the door.
Person A exclaimed, "It's illegal to drive barefoot."
Person B voiced agreement to that.
I said, "No, it's not illegal. I suppose there's the possibility a cop might try to cite you for some sort of reckless driving if he observes you're barefoot, but there are no laws against barefoot driving."
And with that, I went out the door following Person B and her friend as they went to go to their car and I went to mine. Now, sort of interesting is that Person B was wearing a pair of flip-flops, but flip-flops that looked like they had a sole maybe 1.5 inches thick. She actually stumbled a bit on the driveway from the way the sole caught the surface.
I said, "It would probably be better to drive barefoot than in those flip-flops." To which she agreed. She wasn't driving anyhow, but it certainly might make someone think about the dilemma she might have been in if there was actual law against driving barefoot, and she was driving and her only pair of shoes were those. It seems like she would have had more potential problems with handling the brake and accelerator wearing those than she would have if she were to go barefoot.
I wonder if any of them bothered to google whether or not it is illegal to drive barefoot.
Now, of course, absence of evidence isn't actually evidence of absence, but so far in the times I've gone googling about barefoot driving, I've still yet to come across a solid specific reference to any local municipalities have ordinances against barefoot driving. But still, the lack of any of those lead me to believe there are no laws against barefoot driving at federal, state, or local level, or if there are any at the local level, they are effectively dormant and not ever used.
