People that drive with one foot on brake and one on gas pedal

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JasonK

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Why do they do it? Its really annoying not knowing if the car in front is actually stopping or going (brake lights on constantly because they lack skill).

Another thing is it wears out the pads. Any of you peeps drive like this and give a reason why its a good thing?

Edit, I cant spell..
 
TheLonelyPhoenix

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You're specifically not supposed to do that to avoid pressing the gas and brake together. There's no good reason for it, its flat-out wrong.

The one exception for pressing gas and brake together is heel-toe shifting, but even that is done with one foot and only during a shift... and its not something a typical manual transmission driver would really need.
 
NutBucket

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Better then the dude I saw today driving a lifted Silverado with one foot out the window:roll:
 
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Originally posted by: bdjohnson
my grandma does it
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Mine too. Aside from leaving the brake light on constantly, it also supposedly burns out the brake pads faster. But I have no reliable source on that.
 
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MrCodeDude

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I drive with one foot on the clutch and the other controls the brake and gas.

Could you imagine if someone who had a manual transmission drove with one foot on break, one on gas and had to work the clutch? They'd probably end up tangling their legs or something.
 
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JasonK

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Originally posted by: bR
how do you know they have one foot on the gas and one on the brake pedal?
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Because there should be no other reason why the car is accelertating away with brake lights on all the time, unless some fuse or car wiring problem. Other times when I ride in some people's cars I see that they are driving with 2 feet and always wonder why they get such low gas mileage and pads wear out so quickly.

Its very annoying..



Edit: 2 Feet for automatic cars, manual needs to use 2 feet.
 
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Gurck

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Man... my estimation of most other drivers was already pretty low, and yet this is still depressing... I can't believe people do that :(
 
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BigJ

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Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
You're specifically not supposed to do that to avoid pressing the gas and brake together. There's no good reason for it, its flat-out wrong.

The one exception for pressing gas and brake together is heel-toe shifting, but even that is done with one foot and only during a shift... and its not something a typical manual transmission driver would really need.
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Sometimes if you just ran through a puddle or something to dry off your breaks your supposed to do this.
 
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MaxDSP

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Originally posted by: Gurck
Man... my estimation of most other drivers was already pretty low, and yet this is still depressing... I can't believe people do that :(
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you've never seen people driving on the highway with the brake lights on while they don't seem to be slowing down at all?
 
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trmiv

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Sammy Hagar does it.

I don't on the street, but I do in my race car because the only way to drive is left foot brake.
 
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Pacfanweb

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I drive both ways, but generally, driving two-footed is superior to using only your right foot. I never have my left foot resting on the brake pedal, though.

Why is two footed driving better? Easy: On most cars, the gas pedal is below the brake pedal, so you actually have to pull your foot back and across to hit the brake.
Or, you can just have your left foot sitting next to the brake pedal and all you have to do it hit it.
I can guarantee that nobody can hit the brake with their right foot quicker than I can with my left.

This may work better for me, since I'm sporting size 14's, and barely moving my foot covers a lot of territory under the dash. ;)
 
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DAGTA

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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
I drive both ways, but generally, driving two-footed is superior to using only your right foot. I never have my left foot resting on the brake pedal, though.

Why is two footed driving better? Easy: On most cars, the gas pedal is below the brake pedal, so you actually have to pull your foot back and across to hit the brake.
Or, you can just have your left foot sitting next to the brake pedal and all you have to do it hit it.
I can guarantee that nobody can hit the brake with their right foot quicker than I can with my left.

This may work better for me, since I'm sporting size 14's, and barely moving my foot covers a lot of territory under the dash. ;)
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If you need to hit your brake that fast, you are likely driving way too close to the person in front of you.
 
bradruth

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Ugh, my dad does that sometimes and I HATE it. The worst part is that I can feel the braking as he's "accelerating." :|
 
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ChefJoe

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Lol. Tons of people do that in Seattle.... I think they must learn it in driving school out here because I see it so often.

Driving a manual when behind them makes it real annoying because you know the person can't be shifting between the gas and the brake every three seconds yet somehow that's how it looks.

Sadly, I've had a few instances where this "chicken little" sort of behavior makes me start to ignore the brake lights of the person in front of me... which makes for a rough stop when they really do mean it.
 
OrganizedChaos

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if its FWD they do it to shift the weight of the vehicle forward while rounding a corner at high speed without slowing down to much.
 
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