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Do male left-foot brakers sometimes suffer unnecessarily for their art?
I have been a left-foot braker since my first automatic in 1988 and only ever use my right foot for the accelerator. As you are no doubt aware, if the car does not have an extended brake pedal, then it can be a bit of a nutcracker for us males. Surprisingly, my cheapest car in the last fifteen years, a Chrysler Neon had an excellent wider pedal, whereas my current and previous BMWs do not, but easily remedied with a heavy steel plate and two new rubbers cut to fit it. Please keep up the campaign.
Asked on 13 November 2010 by DH, Bognor Regis
Answered by
Honest John
Many thanks. I've got enough on this now to keep it going for three months, but if it persuades 20 per cent of readers to switch to left foot braking then that means lives saved so it has to be worthwhile. I got driven to the airport today in a new S-Class by a right-foot braker and the motion to, fro and sideways was awful.
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