mmarshall

You're correct.....there are no specific laws that I know of, either. I thought I made that clear. But the practice, like I said, is generally frowned on. It's more or less like driving with a BAC of 0.78 or 0.79....which, though not illegal, would be just short of the widespread 0.80 limit for a DUI/DWI charge.

SW17LS

Something is either illegal or it's not. If you blow a .078, then you are not breaking the law.

Any cop who would say driving barefoot is the same as driving with a .078 BAC lacks the judgement to be a cop IMHO lol

mmarshall

You don't know some cops LOL.

SW17LS

Unfortunately I do know such cops as well LOL

ArmyofOne

Did someone really just equate driving barefoot to driving impaired? Sheesh.

Anyway, its not a practice I am likely to stop any time soon, as my feet swell when driving long distances, and wearing shoes physically hurts. As for city driving, 99% of the time, I am in flip flops from april to november and then from november to april I am in my boots.

LexBob2

Lol, yeah these threads do get way out there. You're going to the slammer sir.

SW17LS

So irresponsible

Coleroad

There's lots of times where it's funny to watch how a tread has morphed.

mmarshall

If you're referring to my comment, I wasn't directly comparing barefoot driving to then effect of driving DWI. I've driven barefoot a couple of times myself after my knee surgery, when I couldn't put my right shoe or sock on and off normally. I was refering to a comparison on how cops treat issues that are of borderline legality.

FrankReynoldsCPA

I've tried driving barefoot before(mostly in my family's motorhome). Wasn't a big fan of it.

EZZ

I have a cop friend who's been in the force for many many years. He's never ever ever heard of giving a ticket for driving bare feet in California. Ever. Hahaha

Toys4RJill

I have to agree with the statement that driving at 0.079 is not illegal. Something is either illegal or it is not illegal, I agree with that. Its fact. Police are supposed to deal with facts.

Driving a car with no shoes on is not illegal anywhere in North America.

Coleroad

Exactly, there's no law in any state about driving barefoot.

just please don't keep the shoes in the drivers footwell, where they may slide under/behind the brake pedal.

arentz07

I think driving in flip-flops is worse than driving barefoot, FWIW...

My best driving shoes are probably my Vans, since they have fairly thin soles, providing decent feel, but are still fine to walk/stand in for a decent amount of time.

mmarshall

I've driven with flip-flops many times, especially during the summer, with no problem at all. Where I got in trouble with them is going down stairs....they can slip, break, work loose, and cause a major fall......that's why I had to have knee-surgery last year.