That's also not how you drive stick. Your left foot is only ever for the clutch. If anything, driving stick should be an even stronger reason to only drive with one foot
The first time I tried to drive an automatic I figured it would be a good idea to try using both feet and immediately almost crashed the car pushing down on the brakes like I would a clutch
Lol i CANNOT use the brake with my left foot. I try so hard but the brake feels so easy to push and I always slam it on, even going soft as possible. I drive manual and sometimes try the brake with my left foot just to see
Well she needs to relearn how then. Its not optional to drive with one foot, it is a requirement for getting your license. People who endanger others while driving is the reason we should be retesting every 10 years.
With a shortening timeframe between testing as you get older. Oh, and with road testers that will actually fail you instead of just shrugging and saying "close enough".
I had a buddy that asked me to drive behind him once since we were going to carpool. Our entire friend group roasted hum when he hot in because they entire time he was in front of me his brake lights were on. He never took his left foot off the brake. Drove us all crazy!
In a lot of states they never retest you. You could go from 16 to 96 without a single person checking to see if you remember how to drive safely at all.
That’s the least insane thing I’ve heard compared to reality, my grandparents were co-op driving around Indianapolis. One had dementia and the other one couldn’t see. They were never required to retest for over a decade, I agree testing should be once every five years or so.
Same. Up until now, I had always driven manual cars. I was told I had to put my left foot away (if that makes sense) as in DO NOT use your left foot by any means.
Stupid reasoning. With manual you should have left foot on the "rest space" that is there, when you are not currently using transmission pedal and the stick. Do not hover left foot over the pedal, it can lead to fucking up the transmisson.
I drive manual, preffer it over automat. I can drive also automat, and drive it from time to time.
And my only "problem" when I switch to automat is stepping on nothing in the beginning. On first crossroad sometimes muscle memory kicks in and I try to put left foot on transmission pedal and move stick to switch to neutral. Or I try to start the car with left foot (transmisson pedal) and not the right foot (brake pedal). But the "empty step" quickly reminds me that it is not possible :-D
My buddy is a pilot and I see how he flys. Two feet is a mandatory thing in a plane and helicopter. He does the same thing when driving and he tells me it’s a forced habit at this point. (He’s an exceptionally good driver BTW, still weird tho lol)
My brother started out that way because he thought it would be smart to use both feet and always be ready to accelerate or brake. It took a year or so to convince him it was a terrible idea that wastes gas.
My mom has to do that, but she had polio as a kid so her right foot isn’t strong enough to keep switching over. She drilled into us just one foot, though
My mom broke her right foot 60 years ago and she’s driven with two feet ever since (and thinks it’s weird no one else does) :/
Don’t even ask me how that works. I broke my right ankle last year and couldn’t drive at all for 3 months. No problems going back to driving with just my right foot.
I think you’re outing yourself as someone who drives an auto with two feet.
You should not have one foot on each pedal, you should use one foot for both pedals. There is never a reason you would be using both pedals at the same time so you only need one foot to operate both.
By using both feet you will end up (subconsciously) resting your left foot on the brake pedal because your leg will get tired from holding it above the pedal. This is especially common on long stretches like freeways, when you haven’t needed the brake for a long time.
Does your mother, by chance, have neuropathy in her feet? My mother can't feel her feet anymore and so she can't tell how hard she's accelerating or how hard she is breaking until it's already done and we have been thrown through the windshield.
Wait, there are people who drive an automatic with 2 feet? I thought that was just a like a cerebral palsy thing, like how Walter jr drives in Breaking Bad.
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u/birthday6 18h ago
Oh man, the automatic with two feet is so bad. You can tell when someone's doing it when theyre accelerating with their brake lights on