andronite:
Why is it a bad habit to brake with one's left foot?

personally, i find i can drive faster and with more confidence, as i can react just that much quicker, almost instantly to any event. switching my right foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake just seems very time consuming. i know not a lot of time, but when you are driving fast, its the little reactions that count.

but i have heard many times that it is a bad habit. please in detail tell me why. thanks

mxxpunkxx1:
Actually it's not good because of instinctive reflexes. Let me explain better.

If someone taps u from behind unknowingly and throws an object towards you . . there are 2 actions to be taken:

1- Duck/dogde
2 - Catch the object.

Studies have revealed that, right-handed ppl with always catch unawares with their right hands, and vice-versa

So in a emergency situation; if you're right-handed, your brain will automatically move your right leg . . without your consent
and you would be slamming on the ACCELERATOR pedal (because your left leg is already on the brake pedal). You know the rest of the story . . SUICIDE !!!

That's why there is a "dead pedal" in automatics . . it's was built there so you could actually rest you left feet idly there . . .
The dead pedal is right there besides the brake pedal, not actually a pedal but a raised platform where u should keep your left feet . . .

Also, most people have ended up having better/stronger right-sided attributes, e.g stronger right hands, stronger right legs . . Even left-handed people have grown to develop stronger right-hands . . So in driving . . due to the arrangement of the pedals . . the right-leg is used almost 99% of the time . .hence, more power.

Therefore, slamming on the brakes with the right leg would yield better result, than the left leg . .

Siena Jnr ( . . . in the making !!!)

mxxpunkxx1:
Actually it's not good because of instinctive reflexes. Let me explain better.

Siena Jnr ( . . . in the making !!!)

nurey:


That what they say, we learn every day if we took time to read, the dead pedal I just learned today though I don't place my left leg on it, all the time. I actually thought the dead pedal was for cars who had both manual and auto variant, so if u wanted to switch from auto to manual, the dead pedal spot would be removed and clutch pedal would be fixed there but then I also had a prob with cars with only auto so what was that spot for, so I thought since cars generally came with 3 pedals in the olden days, they just didn't want to change the design. Now I know what it is, thanks.

mxxpunkxx1:
Actually it's not good because of instinctive reflexes. Let me explain better.

If someone taps u from behind unknowingly and throws an object towards you . . there are 2 actions to be taken:

1- Duck/dogde
2 - Catch the object.

Studies have revealed that, right-handed ppl with always catch unawares with their right hands, and vice-versa

So in a emergency situation; if you're right-handed, your brain will automatically move your right leg . . without your consent
and you would be slamming on the ACCELERATOR pedal (because your left leg is already on the brake pedal). You know the rest of the story . . SUICIDE !!!

That's why there is a "dead pedal" in automatics . . it's was built there so you could actually rest you left feet idly there . . .
The dead pedal is right there besides the brake pedal, not actually a pedal but a raised platform where u should keep your left feet . . .

Also, most people have ended up having better/stronger right-sided attributes, e.g stronger right hands, stronger right legs . . Even left-handed people have grown to develop stronger right-hands . . So in driving . . due to the arrangement of the pedals . . the right-leg is used almost 99% of the time . .hence, more power.

Therefore, slamming on the brakes with the right leg would yield better result, than the left leg . .

Siena Jnr ( . . . in the making !!!)

tpacalipse:
I use my left for brake when driving auto. I have been doing that since 2003 and have never made a single mistake with it.

But there is a reason I use my left leg for brake; unfortunately that is not for public discussion, but u can deduce from my licence as it reads CLASS J. I bet those with brains will get it.

Brother, I understand the J category, you don't have to explain any further.

All the best with things, and I hope your survey yields positive results.

tpacalipse:
I use my left for brake when driving auto. I have been doing that since 2003 and have never made a single mistake with it. Since 2012 I have always been on the road on long distance journeys because of a research I am conducting and still conducting, and not for once have I made any mistake. Now, the thing is what somebody failed at should not be regarded as something everybody will fail at doing. I am concious of what I am doing at every fucking minute behind the steering wheel. Do not copy me anyway as might style of driving might put u in trouble. I have been driving auto anyway after I dumped manual cars since 2003. And no matter what, manual aint my thing and I will never return to it.
But there is a reason I use my left leg for brake; unfortunately that is not for public discussion, but u can deduce from my licence as it reads CLASS J. I bet those with brains will get it.

Siena:


Brother, I understand the J category, you don't have to explain any further.

All the best with things, and I hope your survey yields positive results.

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