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airehead
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 Posted: 08/05/05 - 23:34 Post subject: Fashion statement/birth control???
WTHECK???
| Quote: | FLIP FLOPS CAN BE KILLERS
Wearing trendy flip flops could kill you, according to new research.
The fashionable footwear - ideal for the beach in hot weather - are putting the lives of road users at risk.
Three in every four motorists have admitted they find it hard to drive in flip flops and road safety experts have warned that wearing the sandals in the car could be a lethal decision.
Researchers claim a flip flop, worn by millions, can easily get stuck under the pedals and cause a fatal accident, The Sun says.
Craig Martin, spokesman for Norwich Union who carried out the poll, told the newspaper: "Footwear such as flip flops are dangerous as the sole can get caught under a pedal.
"The absence of ankle support can lead to the foot slipping off the pedal altogether."
Leigh Purves, gossip columnist for the Daily Star, is among those to have had a close call while driving with designer flip flops.
She has told how, while travelling on the M1, her sandal got stuck under the brake pedal and she missed another car "by millimetres".
The Sun also says that German researchers revealed last year that 14 out of 25 pairs of flip flops they studied contained toxic chemicals known to lower sperm count in men and attack the liver, kidneys and reproductive organs. |
Just where are people wearing these??? 
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blue
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 00:26 Post subject:
well i know my boys have their own set of pumas.
how else do you expect them to get around?
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akern
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 08:46 Post subject:
Who needs flip flops when you can drive bare footed?
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brie k
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 08:52 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Who needs flip flops when you can drive bare footed? |
I only have one pair that I wear with my long linen skirts, and they are hard enough to walk in, nevermind drive. Why do they make some so slick, anyway?
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 09:08 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Who needs flip flops when you can drive bare footed? |
I do this all the time and DH about has a stroke. 
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 09:13 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Who needs flip flops when you can drive bare footed? |
I always take the flip flops off when I drive.
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j1miller
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 10:06 Post subject:
I drive in them all the time and never have any trouble.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 19:36 Post subject:
never happens to me. 
of cource i havent driven in about 2 years now 
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 19:47 Post subject:
strange - i found myself driving in my flipflops today, heading to my g/fs neighbours pool. and damned if those things almost fell off my feet like 5 times...
just enough slip to make you lose the gas pedal.
it's safe to say that i won't be doing that again. (chalk one up to being lazy)
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airehead
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 21:15 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | strange - i found myself driving in my flipflops today, heading to my g/fs neighbours pool. and damned if those things almost fell off my feet like 5 times...
just enough slip to make you lose the gas pedal.
it's safe to say that i won't be doing that again. (chalk one up to being lazy) |
At least your boys will thank you.... 
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Noley
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Posted: 08/06/05 - 21:16 Post subject:
I'm still wearing flip flops.
That's all there is to it.
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alyson98
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 11:33 Post subject:
I live in flip flops, but definitely take them off when driving and go bare footed.
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kristin31
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 11:40 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | I drive in them all the time and never have any trouble. |
I'd be worse off driving in uncomfortable heels or something.
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airehead
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 11:41 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | I drive in them all the time and never have any trouble. |
I'd be worse off driving in uncomfortable heels or something. |
I don't do well in heels. Anywheres.
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jrjo
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 15:35 Post subject:
Can I get a flip-flop model with cleats for my clipless pedals?
...that's all I'm askin' for.
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