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I know that one-pedal has some ardent fans, but I’ve not been able to come around to it. The control it gives feels almost too direct which makes me feel like I

I know that one-pedal has some ardent fans, but I’ve not been able to come around to it. The control it gives feels almost too direct which makes me feel like I need to be neurotic with my pedal control in order to be able to smoothly drive and not have “quivery” speed fluctuations when not leaning on cruise control. The more eased speed falloff that comes with a more traditional setup feels better.

bob1029 1y ago
Sharing the road with drivers on an entirely different control scheme is something I am not a fan of. Going from 2 axes of control to 1 axis of control is not a change to be trivialized. Some in the commercial trucking industry would argue that allowing 2 pedal driving was a catastrophe with regard to filtering out low skilled and unsafe drivers. Cruise control whenever feasible and safe is probably the most polite solution to the consequences of one pedal driving. The freeway is where this kind of driving causes the most frustration for me. I don't think it should be banned but I think drivers should really give a shit about how they impact others around them. We can make it entirely about safety if that helps. At some level being polite aligns with basic physics.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  You really only have 1 axis of control with a brake pedal because you have to take your foot of the gas first. With one pedal driving at least you don't have to take off your foot. One pedal driving for me only makes sense if you keep a proper distance to the people around you, such that the limited braking force is sufficient to flow with the traffic, so that wouldn't apply to many drivers out there. Perhaps that's where the confusion comes from.
amluto 1y ago
I’ve contemplated a modified one-pedal scheme. The accelerator pedal could a haptic mechanism such that a smallish force could hold it at the neutral point and a significantly larger force would be needed to depress it into acceleration territory. This would allow light foot pressure to maintain speed without constantly oscillating a bit. “Neutral” could be defined as zero motor power, constant speed, or something else — there’s plenty of room for experimentation.
- beAbU 1y ago
  So a haptic detent making it easy for the driver to sense where the "maintain current speed" position on the pedal is? This position will depend on the current speed and the road incline. The detent will have to move around and the driver will have to then move the pedal into this new position. At that point you have cruise control with extra steps. Unless I'm misunderstanding you?

bob1029 1y ago

Sharing the road with drivers on an entirely different control scheme is something I am not a fan of. Going from 2 axes of control to 1 axis of control is not a change to be trivialized. Some in the commercial trucking industry would argue that allowing 2 pedal driving was a catastrophe with regard to filtering out low skilled and unsafe drivers. Cruise control whenever feasible and safe is probably the most polite solution to the consequences of one pedal driving. The freeway is where this kind of driving causes the most frustration for me. I don't think it should be banned but I think drivers should really give a shit about how they impact others around them. We can make it entirely about safety if that helps. At some level being polite aligns with basic physics.

barbazoo 1y ago
You really only have 1 axis of control with a brake pedal because you have to take your foot of the gas first. With one pedal driving at least you don't have to take off your foot. One pedal driving for me only makes sense if you keep a proper distance to the people around you, such that the limited braking force is sufficient to flow with the traffic, so that wouldn't apply to many drivers out there. Perhaps that's where the confusion comes from.

amluto 1y ago

I’ve contemplated a modified one-pedal scheme. The accelerator pedal could a haptic mechanism such that a smallish force could hold it at the neutral point and a significantly larger force would be needed to depress it into acceleration territory. This would allow light foot pressure to maintain speed without constantly oscillating a bit. “Neutral” could be defined as zero motor power, constant speed, or something else — there’s plenty of room for experimentation.

beAbU 1y ago
So a haptic detent making it easy for the driver to sense where the "maintain current speed" position on the pedal is? This position will depend on the current speed and the road incline. The detent will have to move around and the driver will have to then move the pedal into this new position. At that point you have cruise control with extra steps. Unless I'm misunderstanding you?