Does anyone drive with one foot on the brake and one on the gas?

David

hard to drive with 1 foot on the brake in a manual transmission car

chelsie

You're not supposed to drive like that, because if you find yourself in a fast-paced potential accident situation on the road you could get nervous and your reaction is to push down with both feet, which will mess up your transmission and hinder you from maneuvering your way out of having the accident.

startrektosnewenterpriselovethem

I drive a stick so no I do not
I do not see the advantage, I used to race my '72 Ford Gran Torino Sport and I used one foot - never lost a race - almost lost my license

CarMan

It's a very bad habit to have. In case of a collision, you are going to put pressure on the gas pedal, making the situation worse. Not only that, but it puts unnecessary wear on your brakes and uses excessive gas. Bad habit. Bad. Bad.

doug2s

Not only is it a safety problem (people behind you never know when you're going to stop because your brake lights are on all the time) but doing this reduces gas mileage and wears out brake pads or shoes prematurely. Most people 90 years old don't drive any more, you don't have to be old to be a bad driver.

Lettie D

A lot of people drive like that and they are not all over 90 believe it or not. It is an improper way to drive and wears the brakes out too fast.

John Paul

I can't drive 55 at the road race track and many times I left foot brake into the turns that allows me a quick blip of the throttle right foot to snap the gearshift back downshift and sometime I use toe on the brake and heel on the gas too! What ever you have to do to lower your lap times.

The Mr. Pine

You will ruin your brakes that way and no one will know when you are stopping either.

bamxxbailey

I used to but I don't anymore I think it messes me up.

manic.fruit

I have a friend who was taught to drive like that from a parent, and she still does it without thinking. I've always thought doing so was more dangerous, as it would seem like pushing the wrong petal would happen often.

Al Mac Wheel

I am an old guy and I do not like the anti old guy remarks that are a false sterotype.

One problem is all the tail gaters who we hope have better reflexes. We need some kind of defense agains tthem, but wearing out our brakes aint it. What I do when I have a serious tail gater is to gradually slow down until they go past me, then I resume what I consider to be a safe driving speed. If we have an acceident, then probably we driving solwer, and it not as bad as it would have been had we been doing the speed where there tailgating started.

I would like to have a radar on the back of the car that makes a photo of anyone license plate when they are too close for the current speed, sends the photo into the DMV to have them issued a ticket for unsafe driving.

Patrick M

good braking reaction time i guess. only really old people drive like that because thats how they were taught to drive.

kevrigger

Old People do. Any way it's a simple reference to sitting in traffic.

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