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Single pedal driving still requires me to use the brake pedal often. In reality, there might be a 3-5x reduction to brake pedal usage. That still means on any
by yazaddaruvala 3y ago
Single pedal driving still requires me to use the brake pedal often.
In reality, there might be a 3-5x reduction to brake pedal usage. That still means on any given trip, every 5th stop sign/red light will require break pedal usage.
If anything the single pedal driving causes me to let off of the accelerator earlier than I normally would in an ICE car, and therefore I have more time to react with the break pedal if needed.
I doubt I'm unique in these things.
- zormino 3y agoI rarely hit the brake pedal in my car at all with one pedal driving. In fact I'd say 80% of drives I don't hit it at all, and the rest i might use it once or twice. I'm sure I'd still hit the brake in an emergency since it's so ingrained in me from driving normal cars for so long, but I'm not sure how long that will be true for, especially for new younger drivers that have really only driven EVs.
- MBCook 3y agoThat’s a good point too. Maybe it’s not much of an issue for us “older” drivers but as we start to get “native” one-pedal drivers it could start to be.
- kcb 3y agoThat's surprising. I've definitely driven 100s of miles without ever hitting the brake peddle.