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1. There are a number of risks that are associated with driving,
but honestly being barefoot shouldn’t be one of them.

2. I’m sure that most drivers at least once in their life have
driven barefoot.

3. The examples could include quickly moving your vehicle so
that your relative could pull out of the driveway to get to
their destination, or maybe you were just being lazy and
didn’t want to put shoes on.

4. Even though most drivers may not give much thought to
driving barefoot there are still risks that can be associated
when a driver chooses to operate a motorized vehicle
without having proper footwear on.

5. The first risk of driving barefoot is that a driver’s foot may
slip off the pedal or brake.

6. This normally wouldn’t occur if the driver were wearing
proper footwear, but this time they chose not to.

7. The slipping of the foot off the accelerator or brake can
occur from the foot just being sweaty.

8. You may not think of this as a danger, but consider that the
driver in front of you stops abruptly.

9. Normally you would just step on the brake, but when you
do your foot slips and you rear end the vehicle in front of
you.

10. This could lead to the injury of not just you and/or your
passengers, but the passengers of the vehicle you struck as
well.

11. Another risk associated with driving without proper
footwear is that the loose footwear can also become stuck
under the accelerator or brake.

12. This could make it very difficult to drive your vehicle which
could cause an accident.

13. The other risks that drivers who drive barefoot may occur
are legal sanctions.

14. In some states it is illegal to drive a vehicle without proper
footwear.

15. In most states a driver of a motorcycle and their passenger
must wear proper footwear.

16. The other legal risk that can be increased is reckless driving.

17. Let’s consider that you are driving without shoes on, and
you hit another vehicle or crash into a pole because you
couldn’t stop in time.

18. The reason is due to your foot slipping.

19. The paramedics and police arrive at the scene shortly, and
they discover that you weren’t wearing proper footwear.

20. The officer then tells you that even though it’s not against
the law to drive without footwear, he/she must put you
under arrest for reckless driving which was caused by your
foot slipping due to sweaty feet.

21. This could put a major damper on any plans that you may
have.

22. Possibly the most frustrating part of the situation is that it
was avoidable as long as you wouldn’t have driven
barefoot.

23. With this information hopefully drivers will be more
cautious about driving barefoot.