Craig,

You sound pretty weird with your barefoot driving idea - but I will
defend your right to do so until the bitter end.
For you see, I too, was once  a barefoot driver - in Alaska. And thereby
hangs a tale .... which may get told --- or not --- involving a Jeep,
the cops, a young girl with a cast on her leg and staples in her butt,
and an old coot driving barefooted.

It was quite a day.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

craig cowan wrote:
> Well ladies and gentleman, some time ago i inquired about some pretty cool
> barefoot shaped soft foam pedal pads that i had seen for sale for VW's some
> time ago but were unable to find for sale since. Much to my dismay, i still
> have not rediscovered this product (but there is a small version of
> them....), but some questions had arisen about driving Barefoot. Over the
> course of the last months i have not put on shoes, shocking yes (Since i
> live in Pennsylvania and we have 6inches of snow....), but for the most part
> i have been barefoot since September and loving every minute of it. This has
> led me to doing some extreme research on laws permitting/limiting the rights
> of people to be barefoot. Today i had a nice conversation with a restaurant
> owner after being removed by the manager (I asked to speak to whoever his
> superior was) and long story short, i'm "more than welcome" barefoot in that
> place anytime from now on. I've gotten alot of support in my pointless cause
> and discovered alot of interesting information about state laws (who knew
> that almost NOTHING is actually illegal barefoot. Even MOST food
> establishments (private rules can be enforced, but few laws exist, at least
> in PA). This has led me to find out that it seems.....no states are against
> barefoot driving! It seems alot of the various "Barefoot Living"
> organizations have written to every states DMV, State police departments,
> and State Governments and come up pretty empty. It seems its "not
> recommended" in Ohio, but other than that it looks like the most they can
> charge you with is "driving recklessly" or something like that (which you
> could probably fight and win).
>
>
> So I implore you all to enjoy a day barefoot, but do some research before
> you do something stupid. I sure dont want to be responsible for you being
> imprisoned for your barefootedness.
> People see me walking in the snow and ask me how i do it. I tend to respond
> "its pretty easy really, you just start by taking your shoes off".
>
> Vanagon Content: I'll be driving a vanagon barefoot, and the subject is the
> result of a quest for foam pedals (that don't seem to exist).
>
> -Craig
> '85GL
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