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I know people that drive that way and I don't know how they do it. I used to drive stick and when I first drove an auto attempted the two foot method and proceeded to lock up the brakes when I thought I was pushing the clutch...oops. Just habit I guess. The worse is when you follow someone like this and there brake lights are on 100% of the drive because they are resting their foot on the pedal just enough to trigger the lights.
I do it on occasion.. Size 14 feet combined with a very sensitive brake switch is the problem.
The brake lights come on with minimal pressure on my brake pedal. So, if I position my foot the wrong way of the accelerator.. My foot can also be pressing just enough on the brake pedal to turn on the lights.
Really? I have spent a fair share of time at the track, attended several driving schools and not a single person mentioned "left foot braking"
I think wankel is referring to either real racing or cart racing, not "track time" for enthusiasts. Real race cars have automatic transmissions and obviously so do carts.
One of the first rules my dad told me was "don't ride the brake" - only use your right foot, never both. That's a really bad habit that starts when you're just learning how to drive and you're scared and tentative.
Was following behind someone whose brake lights kept going off and on. At first I thought it was a loose switch but then the car ahead turned off and the brake lights stopped flashing.
The ONLY time my left foot is used, is when I'm in a manual transmission car... The right foot is used for the gas and the break - and NEVER are both of those pedals depressed no matter WHAT!
I brake with my left foot. But I don't keep that foot on the brake pedal! I keep it to the left of the brake pedal or above it if in a parking lot when I know I will be braking a lot.
Yeah, there are those that do. Years ago I was always told it was because it was because those that did it grew up driving a stick and were used to keeping their foot on the clutch pedal. I don't know.
^This.
My mother used to drive that way and gave the exact same reason. She was stubborn about it, too, and refused to work on changing her ways. My father told me once that she wore out the brakes very quickly due to driving that way. He told her about it to no avail.
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