A Picanto is so small that there is less chance of killing someone with
one, but around 120 people a year are killed due to loss of control of automatics, mostly while manoeuvring. The police call it "unintentional acceleration syndrome". Pretty simply, really. You can never be 100% sure of controlling an automatic with the accelerator alone. A recent case was of an elderly gentleman who reversed into his wife of 50 years and was than unable to stop his car before he ran her over and killed her. He had always driven an automatic one footed, and, like you, trusted the car too much. Had he been driving two footed then he could have stopped instantly and this tragedy would never have occurred. Obviously you have to make your own decision about left foot braking out on the roads. Drivers with decent co-ordination can drive more smoothly that way. Those with two right feet can't. FAQ on the subject at www.honestjohn.co.uk I drive around 50 different automatics a year and around 50 different
manuals and own both manual and automatic cars.