Tanglefoot
I don't see how the left foot can hit the brake pedal quicker than the right foot unless the left foot is suspended above the pedal waiting to hit it, as one would do during a comparison test like the one described in your previous response. During a normal journey the left foot would be resting on the floor, at least as far away from the brake pedal as the right foot. My own experience has shown me that left-foot braking is more severe and less controlled than right-foot braking.
Asked on 19 September 2010 by MW, Sheffield
Answered by
Honest John
It depends on the circumstance. If you are driving the car as opposed to slopping about in it then yes. You would keep your foot over the brake because you would need it there all the time to set the car up for corners, etc. Same chauffeuring an automatic smoothly. Same driving through a town or village when there are people about, particularly kids. But long distance, motorway, clear roads, obviously you could rest your left foot. The best drivers on a motorway rarely brake at all. They plan ahead and leave enough of a gap not to have to.
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