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Friends: 0 | I do. When I broke my right ankle skiing, I had a cast from my toes to my hip and had to both throttle and brake left-footed with the cast placed into the passenger side footwell. That was in grad school, many years ago, but I never reverted. The only time I've regretted it is after a long layoff from driving an M/T car, left-foot the "brake" pedal and have it sink to the floor. It takes a moment to realize that it wasn't brake failure, but the clutch pedal. Anyway, left-footing also helps during SCCA autocross. I've tried both ways and it's usually good for a half-second per minute when a win in my competetive group is usually measured in milliseconds.
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Friends: 22 | Only when I twisted my right ankle. Otherwise, it's right foot braking. Too many times have I seen people ride the brakes (the lights are on) while they're travelling at normal speeds. |
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Friends: 0 | I left foot drive sometimes. Both gas and brake. I only do it because on longer drives my left knee acts up- I had a torn medial meniscus and it needs to not be cramped up over there (I'm almost 6' tall). Its a bit different, and its also funny to watch Matt try to drive my prius as he's used to stick shift, he's constantly looking for the clutch/gear shift. |
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Friends: 3 | Us rural mail carriers sit on the passenger seat and reach over to steer with our left hand only and control the foot pedals with the left foot. (Wish I had a right hand drive Prius) ![]() At other times and in other vehicles... I left-foot the brake when manuevering in tight spaces, on a steep terrain, or hooking/unhooking a trailer. |
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Friends: 0 | My husband left-foot brakes. |
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Friends: 33 | I did left foot brake once upon a time. I learned to drive in a manual trans and still drive one from time to time so I stick with right foot now except to back out the driveway. I think I picked up left foot braking manoeuvring around a tight workshop. I agree with Tideland Prius about people driving with their foot on the brake. In my mechanic days had an old lady customer who complained her car was smoking, she was pressing her right foot to the floor on the accelerator and using the brakes to control speed. She was using her left foot on the brake she said because she was too old and weak to move her right foot quickly enough so a foot on each pedal was the solution. I sat her down and talked about how economical taxis were for her commuting. She only covered a few hundred kilometres per year. She sold the car. |
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