Careful How You Hold That Steering Wheel

If you were taught to drive with your hands at “10 and 2” on the steering wheel, you need to change your ways. In the age of air bags, safety experts say you need to put your hands at “9 and 3” position instead. You can get the details here.

A listener named Scott learned that the hard way. He bruised up his arms pretty bad when his airbag deployed. He sent us these photos:

By the way, Dave says he learned to drive with the “Dr. Pepper Hands” method. Don’t feel bad: Luke I have no idea what that means, either.

–Producer Andrew