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Title: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: Polly Ticks on October 19, 2021, 01:09:59 pm
I saw this picture on the TBR Silliness Thread:
(http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/z-funny-174.jpg)
... and she's apparently a left foot braker. 

Which foot do you use on the brake pedal?
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Post by: Smokin Joe on October 19, 2021, 08:56:10 pm
Left foot is for the clutch and the dimmer switch.
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Post by: Kamaji on October 19, 2021, 08:56:38 pm
Left foot is for the clutch and the dimmer switch.

What if one has neither in one's car?
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Post by: berdie on October 19, 2021, 09:02:57 pm
Left foot is for the clutch and the dimmer switch.


That was my first thought. :laugh:
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Post by: Wingnut on October 19, 2021, 09:05:17 pm
Left foot is for the clutch and the dimmer switch.

Damn. The last time I could get my foot up to the turn signal stalk was...was like never.
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Post by: catfish1957 on October 19, 2021, 09:05:53 pm

That was my first thought. :laugh:

Dimmer Switch?  Haven't had one on a vehcicle in what 35 years or so?
Title: Re: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: Gefn on October 19, 2021, 09:08:54 pm
I saw this picture on the TBR Silliness Thread:... and she's apparently a left foot braker. 

Which foot do you use on the brake pedal?


I want a kitten holder in my car
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Post by: Wingnut on October 19, 2021, 09:12:24 pm
Dimmer Switch?  Haven't had one on a vehcicle in what 35 years or so?

Mine was next to the windshield washer foot pump on my 67 Rambler Rebel.  Every time I wanted to wash the windows I hit the brights.  Damn annoying when you were baked and did it to a cop..
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Post by: Kamaji on October 19, 2021, 09:15:18 pm
Damn. The last time I could get my foot up to the turn signal stalk was...was like never.

I did that once, quite by accident, and it cost a pretty penny to fix the damage I did to the turn-signal lever!
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Post by: catfish1957 on October 19, 2021, 09:18:22 pm
Mine was next to the windshield washer foot pump on my 67 Rambler Rebel.  Every time I wanted to wash the windows I hit the brights.  Damn annoying when you were baked and did it to a cop..

Worst automotive change of all time?  Bucket Seats. And you guys know why........
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Post by: Wingnut on October 19, 2021, 09:26:38 pm
Worst automotive change of all time?  Bucket Seats. And you guys know why........

Then the big three copied the Japs and made the center console standard.  It was the end of paradise under the dashboard lights.
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Post by: Polly Ticks on October 19, 2021, 09:48:25 pm
I did that once, quite by accident, and it cost a pretty penny to fix the damage I did to the turn-signal lever!

So, the weed option, then?
 
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Post by: Elderberry on October 19, 2021, 09:48:34 pm
On an automatic, left foot on the brake, right foot on the gas, so one can load-up the torque converter before launch.
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Post by: Polly Ticks on October 19, 2021, 09:49:41 pm

I want a kitten holder in my car

Nah, that would imply that YOU aren't holding the kitten, and neither you nor the kitten would be happy with that arrangement.
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Post by: Elderberry on October 19, 2021, 09:52:45 pm
Left foot on the gas. Right foot on the foot stomp starter button.
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Post by: libertybele on October 19, 2021, 09:53:23 pm
Years ago, I would have selected the weed option.  When I first was learning to drive the driving instructor had us using the left for the brake and the right for the gas.  My father quickly corrected me, and had me learn to use my right foot for both the brake and the gas; it was less confusing. Much, much easier and indeed less confusing.

So...right foot...brake and gas!
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Post by: Polly Ticks on October 19, 2021, 09:53:24 pm
On an automatic, left foot on the brake, right foot on the gas, so one can load-up the torque converter before launch.

Hmmmm.
Our #5 son just started driving, and I always want to teach them to drive with one foot so if they ever drive a standard it will be more natural for them.  Hubby likes the 2-foot method ... in retrospect, he's probably thinking along your lines.  :pondering:
Title: Re: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: libertybele on October 19, 2021, 09:56:11 pm
I saw this picture on the TBR Silliness Thread:... and she's apparently a left foot braker. 

Which foot do you use on the brake pedal?

I like the kitten holder!  Now, if somehow they could make it much bigger and turn it into a dog holder that would be great.  As a puppy, they learn to lie in the lap, but a full grown lap dog while driving becomes a bit of a problem.
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Post by: libertybele on October 19, 2021, 09:57:18 pm
Hmmmm.
Our #5 son just started driving, and I always want to teach them to drive with one foot so if they ever drive a standard it will be more natural for them.  Hubby likes the 2-foot method ... in retrospect, he's probably thinking along your lines.  :pondering:

5 boys.  God Bless you @Polly Ticks   ... that means eventually 5 daughter in-laws....Good Luck with that.  happy77
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Post by: Elderberry on October 19, 2021, 10:25:26 pm
Hmmmm.
Our #5 son just started driving, and I always want to teach them to drive with one foot so if they ever drive a standard it will be more natural for them.  Hubby likes the 2-foot method ... in retrospect, he's probably thinking along your lines.  :pondering:

When I taught our first( a son) to drive, I was evil. I enforced that he learn to take off using only one foot. It was a standard and he learned to take off using only the clutch. Once he learned clutch control, I then taught him using both feet.
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Post by: Kamaji on October 19, 2021, 10:31:30 pm
On an automatic, left foot on the brake, right foot on the gas, so one can load-up the torque converter before launch.

And get the turbo spun up a bit, too.
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Post by: yodaspock on October 19, 2021, 10:48:12 pm
No goofy footers (Left foot on the brake), I can't teach my wife to use a manual, I love a manual.
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Post by: Elderberry on October 19, 2021, 11:01:54 pm
No goofy footers (Left foot on the brake), I can't teach my wife to use a manual, I love a manual.

I couldn't teach my wife to use a manual either. I was trying to teach her and she stopped in the middle of a busy intersection and got out. She said she couldn't learn from me. After that she learned on her own. In hindsight, I remembered that I learned to drive a stick on my own. Some things you just have to learn on your own.
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Post by: Hoodat on October 19, 2021, 11:33:52 pm
From a controls standpoint, you wouldn't want to tell a valve to open and close at the same time.  Likewise, you wouldn't want to accelerate and brake at the same time.  Hence, same foot for both tasks.
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Post by: Wingnut on October 19, 2021, 11:43:13 pm
I learned about love in the back of a Dodge. The lesson hadn't gone too far.
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Post by: skeeter on October 19, 2021, 11:47:41 pm
I learned about love in the back of a Dodge. The lesson hadn't gone too far.
sounds like something out of a fairy tale.
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Post by: Elderberry on October 19, 2021, 11:47:42 pm
From a controls standpoint, you wouldn't want to tell a valve to open and close at the same time.  Likewise, you wouldn't want to accelerate and brake at the same time.  Hence, same foot for both tasks.

What about "Steering Brakes"?

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Steering brakes also known as cutting brakes, hand brakes, or turning brakes give a driver greater control over a vehicle by allowing the vehicle to turn in a much tighter turning radius by applying brakes to the inside rear wheel while using the throttle to give more power to the outside wheel. This is ideal in situations like tight canyons, sand dunes, drifting, or selective braking for rock crawlers.
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Post by: Hoodat on October 19, 2021, 11:48:30 pm
I learned about love in the back of a Dodge.

Paradise By the Dashboard Light

  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0J5_Yp8s98)
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Post by: Wingnut on October 19, 2021, 11:51:07 pm
sounds like something out of a fairy tale.
I used to take her home in my car.
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Post by: skeeter on October 20, 2021, 12:24:28 am
I used to take her home in my car.
Just don't call it "Frisco".
Title: Re: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: Polly Ticks on October 20, 2021, 01:49:36 am
5 boys.  God Bless you @Polly Ticks   ... that means eventually 5 daughter in-laws....Good Luck with that.  happy77

Thanks!  Only one so far, but she's definitely a keeper.
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Post by: Smokin Joe on October 20, 2021, 02:44:33 am
What if one has neither in one's car?
Then, typical of the Left, it gets a free ride.

Ain't technology wonderful?
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Post by: Polly Ticks on October 22, 2021, 11:06:59 pm
Thanks to all who voted, I can now tell my husband that ~83% of people surveyed think I'M right!   :laugh:
Title: Re: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: andy58-in-nh on October 22, 2021, 11:22:43 pm
I learned about love in the back of a Dodge. The lesson hadn't gone too far.
You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights
And I took off for the sky
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Post by: The_Reader_David on October 22, 2021, 11:25:12 pm
No goofy footers (Left foot on the brake), I can't teach my wife to use a manual, I love a manual.

Taught everyone in my family to drive a manual:  wife, daughter, both sons.  Currently I'm the only one still driving one regularly (a new Miata RF). 

My wife's car was bought when she was our family road warrior and drove from Kansas to Oklahoma and back about 35 times a year, so we got a Civic Hybrid for the fuel economy. It has CVT that actually works well and is reasonably fun to drive (for an automatic) unlike the ghastly Prius we test-drove.  Still use right foot for both on it.
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Post by: EdinVA on October 22, 2021, 11:29:35 pm
My granddad drove right foot gas, left foot brakes.
He never reduces pressure on the gas, just increase or release pressure on the brakes so we would constantly lurch forward or get pressed back into the seat... drove me crazy to ride with him...
He never complained about the brakes wearing out tho...
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Post by: sneakypete on October 22, 2021, 11:39:32 pm
What if one has neither in one's car?

@Kamaji

Then it's to keep you from falling over when you stand up.

Geeze,do I have to explain everything??? :smokin:
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Post by: Wingnut on October 22, 2021, 11:42:20 pm
My granddad drove right foot gas, left foot brakes.
He never reduces pressure on the gas, just increase or release pressure on the brakes so we would constantly lurch forward or get pressed back into the seat... drove me crazy to ride with him...
He never complained about the brakes wearing out tho...

Asbestos brake pad were the bomb!
Title: Re: Left Foot or Right Foot on the Brake Pedal?
Post by: Wingnut on October 22, 2021, 11:44:45 pm
You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights
And I took off for the sky


Thankfully not in a Baldwin film.  Because the lesson didn't go that far....
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Post by: sneakypete on October 23, 2021, 01:15:32 am
Thankfully not in a Baldwin film.  Because the lesson didn't go that far....

@Wingnut

"taxi",written and performed by Harry Chapin.
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Post by: Wingnut on October 23, 2021, 01:16:53 am
@Wingnut

"taxi",written and performed by Harry Chapin.

yup
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Post by: sneakypete on October 23, 2021, 01:20:54 am
yup

@Wingnut

Hell of a songwriter and a hell of a singer. I almost took it personal when he died because I never got to hear him perform live.

For both people who have never heard of Harry Chapin or the song "Taxi"

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qYU9b5OF8M