Accord 2004 EX. Are the steering wheel control switches illuminated ?????

Ok, just to be silly, I have to point out that you should not really
have your hands at 10 and 2. It is widly accepted these days that the
more effective way to drive is with 'underhand' steering with the
hands at 4 and 9. In this position your hands never cross ala semi
driving style.

It is strange and totally different than the old 10 and 2 but it is
safer. Think about what would happen if your air bag deployed with
your arms crossed gripping the wheel Ouch!

-D

 

It is strange and totally different than the old 10 and 2 but it is

Huh? My hands were 10-2 when the airbag deployed and only suffered a small burn
on my right forearm.

10-2 is safer than 4-9.




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How to turn off 'Maintenance Required" light:

1. Hold trip/reset button on dash
2. Turn key to "ON" or start engine
3. Hold button til light goes out
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You're lucky you didn't give yourself a knuckle sandwich with your hands at
10-2 when the airbag deployed... your luck doesn't mean your are right.

I'd say 3-9 is the best...

 

Whew! The two sides of this debate are never going to reconcile this,
but to reply to your point here, I should think that illuminating the
controls does NOT mean that Honda has to remove the tactile
indicators. Nevertheless, it's my contention that all of us DO take
our eyes off the road to glance at the buttons whenever we move our
hands from the usual driving position to the buttons. I think that
even people who depend on the tactile indicators, and I am one, do
this rather than groping for them for a few seconds. It's just human
nature. Illumination of the controls therefore can mean taking your
eyes of the road for a briefer period, not a longer period. It does
not defeat the purpose. It does make sense.
Ron

 

Well, that's not silly. You may well be right about a safer position
although I've never heard of that. However this has no relevance to
the point I was making. One would still have to move hands from the
driving position to the "button position."
Ron

 

Milleron said...

It makes sense to me. I'd prefer they were lighted. I spend too much
time trying to find the right one in the dark. It would take less than
a second to glance down and find the right one. I take my eyes off the
road for a second or so to adjust the climate control, so I don't think
that's a big deal at all.


Casey