Why are we taught to drive with only our right foot?

curad70

As a person who is into Drag Racing, I drive with two feet. I drive both my daily driver, and my race car the same way, this keeps me from having to retrain every time i get out of one, and into the other.

Your reaction time is MUCH faster with two foot driving than one foot. You can pre-load the car get it ready to go, and stomp on it just as your foot leaves the brake pedal.

As for stopping, you will also stop much faster since you can cover the pedal before you let off the gas. Your foot is already there, no time taken to lift, and move the right foot.

I'm not saying two foot driving is for everyone, it works great for me, but might not feel right to others.

*babydoll*

Have you ever tried to drive with your left foot?

Tegeras

So you don't hit the accelerator and brake pedal at the same time. Kinda defeats the purpose of brakes during an emergency stop., or any stop for that matter.

tiredhed

with an automatic transmission it's to keep you from riding the brake with your left foot while accellerating with the right. this wears your brakes down faster and keeps your brake lights on.

Mad Jack

If you used both feet, you would tend to ride the brake pedal.
Your brake lights would always be on and people following you would not know when you are braking.
Your brakes would get very hot. Overheated brakes fade, lose their braking efficiency. Your vehicles stopping distance would increase dramatically.
Your brakes would wear out quickly. Possible brake failure.
Any of these conditions would be extremely dangerous.
That's why we are taught to use our right foot only.

steplow33

When you're driving a manual car with gear shifts, you need
to drive with both feet on the pedals, that is, if you're changing
to low gears, your left foot will press the clutch pedal located
on your left side. However, you're always on the accelerator
with your right foot for driving away. In the event of emergency,
you release your right foot from the right pedal of the accelerator
to press the brake pedal (located in the middle) to stop the
car immediately. This way will prevent you from pressing with
both feet, (one left on the brakes, one right on the accelerator -
very dangerous!)
For auto drive cars, there is no clutch pedal, so you don't
use your left foot at all.

October

People who learned to drive stick shift cars use both feet.

bluffmike

To keep from riding the brake.

betterlife_travel

Reaction time is slower if you use both your left and right feet. Try it sometime when you are on a deserted road. It just isn't as comfortable or safe as driving with one. However, my grandpa drives with both feet because he learned to drive on a manual and has never been able to adjust to using one foot.

Puppy Zwolle

Using both feet would kill your transmission in no time.

Russell

You learn to contol the Brake and Gas with your right foot because in a Standard Transmission car you use the left foot for the clutch. Also, trying to use one foot on each pedal allows for you to ride your brakes by pushing, even ever so slightly on the brakes while pushing the gas. But for your question, i would go with the fact that that left foot becomes occupied in a Standard Transmission vehicle.

sarge927

Two reasons: (1) For many years all cars had manual transmissions, and you had to use your left foot to work the clutch. Not many manual transmission cars and trucks left out there, but it makes it easier to learn on a stick-shift if you use your right foot to operate the brake and the accelerator. (2) It's VERY BAD for your brakes and your transmission if you are a left-foot braker because most people who do that usually end up pushing both pedals at the same time -- not hard, but hard enough to cause additional wear on your brakes and strain on your transmission.

C0z they made vehicles that way, you can build your own and customize it and drive with whatever foot...

but since they made the same thing over and over just with different bodies ... well they do it c0z there was only stick shifts back in the day and now they just don't want to change the design on the automatics LOL
lazyness... not wanting to change...

Cya!
::: Peace :::

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