In message op.uwd585rqhaghkf@lucy, Duncan Wood
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:41:52 +0100, robgraham
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Am I reading you correctly? You appear to be using your left foot to
brake
with. I make this deduction because you say you get it stuck under the
clutch pedal when you move it from the footrest to the brake.

Whatever else you do, you shouldn't be using your left foot to brake
with.
So you shouldn't be hovering it over the clutch pedal.

Or are you resting your right foot on the left footrest???

Rob Graham


Left foot braking's a very usefull skill :-) Although not really on the
public highway.

:-)
On a rally-experience course we were taught to use the hand brake to
start a slide, not the foot brake.
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In message , Mark W
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So is driving with one's legs crossed. Some cars are so comfortable, it's
like being in your armchair.
Hence left foot accelerating and right foot braking. Now there's the test of
a Real Driver.

I briefly drove a 1923 Fiat belonging to a mate while he was learning to
drive in it!
That had reversed pedals, and a gear shift which came up through the
floor. No syncromesh of course, but it had a bloody good klaxon horn.
:-)
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In message , David Hearn
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[...]
However, having your foot on the 'foot rest' is incompatible with your
suggested approach of "if you need to stop quickly it is the brake pedal
she should be worrying about". A few times I've caught my foot under the
clutch pedal when taking it off the rest and trying to get to the brake.

Ouch!
Only the right foot should be used for the brake!
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I had the misfortune to drive a fiat cinquecento the other day! Not
advisable with size 12 workboots on lol, hit the brake & accelerator at the
same time, then went to indicate & the farty little stalks are so close
together ended up indicating & putting full beam on. Jeez it was like
driving a greenhouse & felt so unprotected!