Brake/gas pedal

[Tim d]

Anyone having an issue sliding your foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal?

Nopearoney.

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[CajunMick]

Since I started driving automatics, I probably the only one who does this, most times use left foot to brake. Some say dangerous to do that. But hey, moving foot from either petal could also be dangerous, if an instantaneous moment required.

Got the habit from positioning vehicles inside auto repair garage, filled with vehicles. Use to hold some throttle on gas pedal, while holding, releasing brake with left foot to wiggle, park vehicles into a slot.

 

[JMJB]

Same as Cajunmick , left foot brake , right foot gas ... seems so simple .....

 

[White Thunder]

Anyone having an issue sliding your foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal?

You have 2 feet use one on each pedal.

 

[Rcrew]

Same as Cajunmick , left foot brake , right foot gas ... seems so simple .....

Doesn’t work so well on standard shifts…

 

[CurtisB]

No

 

[CajunMick]

Doesn’t work so well on standard shifts…

Yep. Never said standard. Automatics.
But use left for clutch and right for brakes . Then to get rolling, right on gas petal, left on clutch. 2 foot. similar?

 

[Rcrew]

Yep. Never said standard. Automatics.
But use left for clutch and right for brakes . Then to get rolling, right on gas petal, left on clutch. 2 foot. similar?

So many people do automatic motions, just starting programming your brain to left foot brake right foot go, would make learning or transitioning to standard difficult/dangerous.

In a split instance decision they are likely to left brake first and miss the clutch.

Every day driving likely best rest the left in automatics. Unique tight parking/maneuvering is an exception.

$.02 IMHO etc

 

[NJBob]

I have used the heel and toe technique on a couple of my sporty cars. Manual transmission, try and match the revs while braking downshifting.

 

[AzureBlueBill]

Same as Cajunmick , left foot brake , right foot gas ... seems so simple .....

What do yu do if it is a stick shift?

 

[dochawk]

What do yu do if it is a stick shift?

left foot clutch, middle foot brake, . . .



I once had to take a car back to, from the kids for a week or two so that I could drive left-footed, ass my car had a real transmission, and my right foot had a blister the size of a golf ball (and I don't mean just area; I mean depth and rock hard!)

 

[MakinDoForNow]

For that matter, cars in the 20s and 30s--well, those that had accelerator pedals--share that trait, too. I've driven plenty. [some even in the 20s {e.g., Model T} didn't have foot operated gas pedals, while others had basically a metal button coming out of the floor.]

I had several cars with a metal button coming out of floor but it was switch for high beam headlights.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

What do yu do if it is a stick shift?

The clutch and brake were same height and left foot could be pivoted on heel from brake to clutch with right foot in position to punch gas pedal when right hand selected desired gear and left hand finished indicating turn direction and rolling window up preventing rain from entering open window while on way to grab the steering wheel the right hand had let go of one second before left hand finished rolling window up.

 

[CajunMick]

I had several cars with a metal button coming out of floor but it was switch for high beam headlights.

Some have a starter petal too. That was before starters had solenoid.

 

[dochawk]

Some have a starter petal too. That was before starters had solenoid.

In one of those that I drove at an auction, a 1930 ford ambulance, the starter button was welded to the floor!

I got pushed across the block.

Sellers are supposed to fill out a red card with anything unusual or particular to the car. This one hadn't bothered.

As I sat there, I noticed another key slot at the far left of the dash. And one of the itty-bitty keys on the chain looked about that size, and the loop was, surprisingly, long enough to get it over there, so at least I was able to drive it back instead of being towed.

It also had another button that operated the siren--mechanically! So I ran that as they pushed me to the block.

I don't think I've driven anything in which the starter was an actually pedal, as opposed to a button protruding from the floor. But many with a push button for it, and one (a Ford Model B) where you pull the lever out from the dash to run the starter.

Many starters were always hot--even if the ignition wasn't on!

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