How many of you Auto Drivers drive with two feet?

DEpointfive0

I was trying to drive the Z with 2 feet yesterday... (2AM, DEAD streets)
That experiment lasted a WHOLE 30 seconds

Look, I'm 6'3", a big guy, and I have size 15 shoes... It's just not happening, LOL

CDepp

I also have size 13 and am 6'2".

You know what they say about us guys with big feet, right?
We're right-foot brakers!

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DEpointfive0

And we have big penises

SouthArk370Z

I don't see how this is any different than using the right foot only. You have to move your foot off the accel either way.
Under normal circumstances, I will still have my foot on the accel pedal (or over it) and am ready to react as needed.

I agree. Whatever floats your boat, gets you through the night, &c. If driving two-footed is not comfortable for you, then, by all means, don't do it.

What I don't agree with is whether or not two-footed driving is inherently unsafe. If anything, it should be safer (in theory) to be able to accel or brake without having to move the right foot around.

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CDepp

I'm not saying it's 'unsafe', I'm just arguing it's not 'as safe'. In general for the masses, if your right foot is on the brake pedal, that the the only safe place while braking in some circumstances. I imagine those circumstances can arise from situations where you're blocking a safe place for your right foot, with your left, and you need to quickly brace when that deer comes out.

And, as I was saying, there has to be many left-foot braking drivers out there that can handle a situation better than right-foot braking ones. I would scold any instructor who taught it as a basic technique for people in general, but never try to belittle a driver who can do it with skill.

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kenchan

hummmm....completely forgot about it, but i remembered i did have one car long time ago with a sportshift AT and i did use left foot braking.

i would initiate the braking with my right foot, then my left foot will hold that position while my right foot blipped the throttle for down shift. it didnt' have auto rev matching like the Z's AT so it had to be manually blipped. the 2 pedals were too far apart forward/aft (brake closer to seat, accelerator closer to floor) so nearly impossible to get a good blip with heel & toe on that car for street use.

yah, i guess i did use my left foot on that car...

Apoc370z

Thats like using pen with two hands, why would anyone do that?

CDepp

Change to the previous comment in the 'what have you done' thread where I was going to try left foot braking:

I will not be doing this. I took the Z to lunch and inspected the size of the brake pedal in relation to my shoe: no bueno.
Only 1 foot completely covers the entire pedal, no room for a second, or even part of a second foot. And if I don't center the right foot, I will be pressing both the accel and brake simultaneously. There's not much of a gap between the pedals, and if I lost the CSC or had to stomp the brakes for any other reason, I'd definitely be making the situation worse.

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CDepp

According to some up-thread, it might help you sport-write shorthand faster in a corner?!?

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RonRizz

Just got back into this thread! Many bizarre reasons people come up with for BOTH sides of the story.......Pretty funny, some of them are.
I'm a 2 footer for 30 years, and have been in 2 accidents where I was at fault. (both were contributed to alcohol, not my left foot!) Fortunately, no other cars were involved, and I've long since been off that stuff!
Anyway, I have a few vehicles, each one has different driving characteristics, and responses to my input, and I'm fortunate enough to say I have never gotten out of my manual, into an auto, and slammed the brakes thinking it was the clutch. I like to think that I'm a little more self-aware than that, the same way I have never gotten out of the Jeep and into the corolla and went off-roading. Lol
I also do not wear brakes pre-maturely, or ride them with the brake lights on. My foot just hovers there patiently, until needed. Uncomfortable? not to me. Long drives?? foot moves to the foot rest on the far left until needed, just like it would if it were a manual I was driving.
I don't see what all the fuss is about!!! Actually, I think I'm gonna call good old dad and relay some of the thoughts in this thread, and see what his reply will be. After all, hes been driving with 2 feet for almost 60 Years!!!!
Come to think of it, He has never been in an accident. hmmm

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chops

broke my right foot last year. was forced to drive an auto for a few months with my left foot only while the right healed. i am ambidextrous with my hands already, now with my feet!

TheW3r3W0lf

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..

Jordo!

There are some situations where left foot braking comes in hand...

Left Foot Braking - Rules Are Made to Be Broken - autoevolution

But for day-to-day driving, it's an uncommon/unusual action at best.

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Haboob

I've tried it and cannot do it. I cannot be smooth on the brakes with my left foot.

I have a life-long dream (and process) of teaching myself to be ambidextrous, but I don't think I'm going to master the left-foot braking (unless I'm in a kart of course, then I have no problem!).

Haboob

I haven't slammed the brakes in an auto thinking it was the clutch (yet), but I have slammed my foot into the floor trying to depress the clutch pedal...