I have both auto and manual vehicles and for me only my right foot touches the brake. I have on occasion when driving the manual for a few days had the desire to push the clutch in on the auto which if I were not to catch myself would result in whiplash! Anyhow, in reading some of the posts about emergency situations I personally take my foot off the gas and hover over the brake, have my left foot hover over the clutch, and just coast by situations. I tend to do this when I pass through very busy intersections and when the far left lane on the highway suddenly slows and I am in the HOV lane. In Phoenix a green light is a green light, a yellow is a high speed green light and red is just a suggestion. The HOV lane is there to use by the worst of drivers weaving in and out of traffic. Hovering over the brake has saved my tail more than once both in intersections and in the HOV lane. Using my left foot on the brake sounds like an adventure for another day..
Last edited by TheW3r3W0lf; 02-18-2013 at 09:04 PM.
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