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Something super simple and revealing is try pressing on the brakes with your left foot.
by kelipso 5mo ago
Something super simple and revealing is try pressing on the brakes with your left foot.
- ahurmazda 5mo agoA few of my relatives who grew up on a farm drives that way (right for gas, left for brakes)
- Tor3 5mo agoThat's because after you've learned to drive, everything the feet do is muscle memory. You don't consciously adjust the pressure (you just believe you do..), so switching around the pedals will need re-learning. And indeed it's common among rally cross drivers to learn to use the left foot with the brake pedal as well.
- sph 5mo ago[dead]
- Skwid 5mo agoI do this once or twice a year in a borrowed/hired auto car. Usually about 10 minutes into the drive when I've got used to it, and started to drive more naturally. Approach junction, throttle back, stamp full uncoordinate force of left foot on to 'clutch' pedal, send passengers through the windscreen.
- tmtvl 5mo agoIMO heel-and-toe is harder than left foot braking.
- jpfromlondon 5mo agoyou get used to it within a couple of hours
- whynotmaybe 5mo agoIf you usually drive a manual transmission you might have a bad time if you try to brake with your left foot
- kelipso 5mo agoYeah it’s a big contrast, I guess that’s why I mentioned it. I forgot it would be easier to learn with an automatic, or at least the difference wouldn’t be so obvious with it.
- westmeal 5mo agoUseful for controlling a car at speed through tight turns though