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A long screwdriver is handy when screws are deeply recessed or hard to access (such as in an engine bay reaching through the fan and under the starter motor where big human hands don't reach).

A long screwdriver can be easier to keep on the screw head. Picture a driver being held on a screw head in a wobbly hand where the driver stays on the head but the handle is rotating in an arc. Lets say the driver will slip out of the screw head if the hand wobbles more than 10 degrees off square to the screw head. For a long driver, this may need a wobble of 20mm, but the equivalent arc when using a stubby driver might result from only 5mm movement of the handle, needing a steadier hand.

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