joinnow: Pls for safety sake tie your left leg and use only the right leg. A friend bought an auto and becos of rush rush did not cool down to learn auto style of driving so on getting to a junction he slam on accelerator kill one bike man injure the kepkep spent almost 700k to solve the problem. So please if possible also belt your left leg an use only one leg whenever driving automatic

jaxxy:

a frnd of mine dis same she drove all d way a long distance only 2 get 2 her destination and park bt instead of pressing d break hit d accelerator and ran d car in2 a pavement. Now I tot she was using 1 leg bt I'm nt sure. Can dat happen while using 1 leg also

slim14: In my humble opinion, I don't see it like a bad or harmful thing to drive with both legs 'cos since I've been driving auto am actually used to driving with both legs, infact I felt it is even better than to keep the other leg idle.

fellis: I think using two legs for automatic is mostly done by those who started with manual driving and got used to it.
They tend to use two legs because they are used to the idea of driving with both legs and don't know how to keep any leg idle. The ideal thing [/b]is to use only the right leg when driving automatic.

6 ft':
omo see confusion...

@ op: driving n driving techniques are not cast on stones pls apply watever is comfortable for u provided u drive safely n obey traffic rules..howevr i'l advice u learn wt one - ur rt foot, and perfect it

@y'all condeming drivn auto trans wv both legs (sm even say u will DIE if u try it) for cryin out loud,dont pple write wt both hands

abeg dont crucify pple wt ur mouths cos u r not comfortable drivin an auto wt both legs jooor

oge4real: I just went out now to try using 2 legs for auto but I couldn't even get out of the driveway. I am yet to understand how anyone can actually do that.

favouryemmy:
Bros, you're wrong. That's the cause of some avoidable accidents in Nigeria. You need to arm yourself withing driving rules, driving signs etc. Even if u teach yourself, go to the internet type in 'driving 101' download and read, then you'll see that you dont know much about driving. If you dont have the driving rules on ur finger tips, then u have a long way to go to be a driver. No harm intended, but I believe ur educated and shd understand what I mean.

oge4real: I just went out now to try using 2 legs for auto but I couldn't even get out of the driveway. I am yet to understand how anyone can actually do that.

plendil:

LOL!

After reading some comments I tried it myself with an automatic, and perhaps because I drive manual quite frequently, my left leg instinctively jammed the brake pedal to to floor while the right was leg pressing the accelerator. Of course the car only jerked but refused to move.

I gave it another try forcing my left leg to let go of the brake pedal while gingerly depressing the throttle with the right. It successfully hovered over the brake before, perhaps in anticipation of an impending gear change, and mistaking it for clutch, I jammed the brake to floor again, . . .yeah, guess what happened!

I simply cannot imagine how people are able to drive normally like this.

lalaboi: One foot . . . while i was learning to drive a few years back i used 2 in an automatic, i panicked in a situation and pressed gas rather than break cos i was inconsistent, i smashed my pops car danu lol. .

chiebube: Pls do not copy anyone driving with 2 legs. Use only one leg o! I use 2 legs when driving my nissan car. Especially when am racing on a busy road. The day i tried it with a Sienna, i didnt go well at all. So, i dare not try it with another car. But with my ride, its lovely. Have done that for like 3 years now. Its just fun right leg for acceleration, then the left leg must be used for braking alone.
It has helped me a lot in terms of driving with precision. However, its not advisable if you havent done it for long.

Mpomia:
Look let's do a little thinking. It is wrong to drive with your 1leg in Automatic. It is so wrong and not safe and this is why.

When you are driving a car first of all what your eyes see educates you of what type of car you are driving because there is going to be a similation between the body and the car.

Now how is a manual made to tell u there are 3peddles, the one to your right is the acceralator control. To the middle from the right is the brake which is next to your psychological control which is the similation. Remember the right leg takes control and does not move until the machine must come to a slow or a stop.

Now your left leg does 2 jobs and it takes care of the brake and the clutch giving you a sense of division yet positioned in your negative side of brain which at this time is expected to do positive to the car in terms of how the machine should be running on the road. Your brains re opened to the road and the car.
And your eyes are picking visuals at a certain speed. In the MANUAL of course it only makes sense to station the right leg and use the left to control the speed but what you have forgotten is none of the legs crosses each other, so why use the same right leg stationed to the acceralator in the manual for moving the car and cross and be looking for the brake peddle when the left is to your left sense.

That's why there are more automatic accidents on our roads. You see a car with 2 peddles the right is to the accelerator and the left to the brake peddle and you decide this time to cross the right you have stationed on the right to keep the car in motion to now go and be doing another task. It is brain confusion.

I tell you, in case of anything the eye might miss in the visuals you are likely to think the right has gone to hit the brake when u are actually accelerating,trust me.

Mpomia:
Look let's do a little thinking. It is wrong to drive with your 1leg in Automatic. It is so wrong and not safe and this is why.

When you are driving a car first of all what your eyes see educates you of what type of car you are driving because there is going to be a similation between the body and the car.

Now how is a manual made to tell u there are 3peddles, the one to your right is the acceralator control. To the middle from the right is the brake which is next to your psychological control which is the similation. Remember the right leg takes control and does not move until the machine must come to a slow or a stop.

Now your left leg does 2 jobs and it takes care of the brake and the clutch giving you a sense of division yet positioned in your negative side of brain which at this time is expected to do positive to the car in terms of how the machine should be running on the road. Your brains re opened to the road and the car.
And your eyes are picking visuals at a certain speed. In the MANUAL of course it only makes sense to station the right leg and use the left to control the speed but what you have forgotten is none of the legs crosses each other, so why use the same right leg stationed to the acceralator in the manual for moving the car and cross and be looking for the brake peddle when the left is to your left sense.

That's why there are more automatic accidents on our roads. You see a car with 2 peddles the right is to the accelerator and the left to the brake peddle and you decide this time to cross the right you have stationed on the right to keep the car in motion to now go and be doing another task. It is brain confusion.

I tell you, in case of anything the eye might miss in the visuals you are likely to think the right has gone to hit the brake when u are actually accelerating,trust me.