Honest John and Left Foot Braking?

[Scrump]

I didn’t pay the extra for an automatic gearbox to then have to use my left leg.
If I wanted to use my left leg I would have bought a manual gearbox car.

[bad company]

Scrump said:

I didn’t pay the extra for an automatic gearbox to then have to use my left leg.
If I wanted to use my left leg I would have bought a manual gearbox car.

Seriously???

[DickyC]

bad company said:

Scrump said:

I didn’t pay the extra for an automatic gearbox to then have to use my left leg.
If I wanted to use my left leg I would have bought a manual gearbox car.

Seriously???

Yes, it's true. He also buys cars with one stalk for indicators, wipers and lights. He's well known for it. Single Stalk Scrump they call him.

[FiF]

There's a joke about Rolf Harris and Jake the Peg somewhere in there but I can't see what it is yet.

[Scrump]

From yesterday:

Scrump said:

DickyC said:

...The only reason I do it is because there are two pedals and I have two feet...

This is why I now rarely drive a car with a clutch pedal. Making my third lower appendage function with sufficient speed is becoming increasingly difficult with age.

[66mpg]

My old Land-Rover was easy to shift without using the clutch; knackered synchros probably played a part!
It also provided an involuntary introduction to LFB: rushing, in danger of being late for work, I stuffed my feet into my boots without tying the laces. When I tried to brake I found the lace on my right boot was trapped in the door and my foot would not reach the brake pedal. I knocked it into neutral and braked to a stop with my left foot.

I did spend a morning driving an automatic BMW 335D under instruction. I was encouraged to try LFB; I didn’t find it hard to adjust to doing it and I think that it allows for smoother progress as your left foot is starting to brake while the right foot is coming off the gas. The transition from “go” to “slow” feels more considered and less hurried. The result is a smoother drive; who doesn’t want that?

[DickyC]

66mpg said:

My old Land-Rover was easy to shift without using the clutch; knackered synchros probably played a part!
It also provided an involuntary introduction to LFB: rushing, in danger of being late for work, I stuffed my feet into my boots without tying the laces. When I tried to brake I found the lace on my right boot was trapped in the door and my foot would not reach the brake pedal. I knocked it into neutral and braked to a stop with my left foot.

I did spend a morning driving an automatic BMW 335D under instruction. I was encouraged to try LFB; I didn’t find it hard to adjust to doing it and I think that it allows for smoother progress as your left foot is starting to brake while the right foot is coming off the gas. The transition from “go” to “slow” feels more considered and less hurried. The result is a smoother drive; who doesn’t want that?

I got a mental image of Doc Brown in Back to the Future when he couldn't connect the plugs.

[InitialDave]

Bob-2146 said:

More from the man himself in this week’s column...:

“ the 'Highway Code' "Thinking Distance" is completely eliminated.

Oh, it is, is it?

[NewUsername]

InitialDave said:

Bob-2146 said:

More from the man himself in this week’s column...:

“ the 'Highway Code' "Thinking Distance" is completely eliminated.

Oh, it is, is it?

Apparently your left leg thinks faster than your right leg haha

[DickyC]

You can't help liking him, can ya?

[FiF]

Previoususername = Hokey Cokey ?

[DickyC]

FiF said:

Previoususername = Hokey Cokey ?

When the Hokey Cokey username died the Internet Undertakers had a hell of a job getting it into the coffin. They put the left leg in and it was all downhill from there.

Edited by DickyC on Sunday 6th October 14:03

[anonymous-user]

Everyone knows the real skill's in left hand braking. It's a bugger fitting the periscope in some models, though.

[FiF]

janesmith1950 said:

Everyone knows the real skill's in left hand braking. It's a bugger fitting the periscope in some models, though.

Hillman Hunters had a right hand brake twixt driver's seat and door. Bugger when the arse pocket on a pair of baggy trousers got caught though.

[InitialDave]

FiF said:

Bugger when the arse pocket on a pair of baggy trousers got caught though.

Sounds like Madness.

[FiF]

InitialDave said:

FiF said:

Bugger when the arse pocket on a pair of baggy trousers got caught though.

Sounds like Madness.

Especially when you've parked away from Our House.

[anonymous-user]

That joke Suggs.

[ApOrbital]

Shut up.

[Countdown]

DickyC said:

bad company said:

Scrump said:

I didn’t pay the extra for an automatic gearbox to then have to use my left leg.
If I wanted to use my left leg I would have bought a manual gearbox car.

Seriously???

Yes, it's true. He also buys cars with one stalk for indicators, wipers and lights. He's well known for it. Single Stalk Scrump they call him.

A better example might be Scrump buying a "single stalk" car (which is on the RHS of his steering wheel) and then using his left hand to operate it, arguing that he's keeping his right-hand on the steering wheel because it means he's more in control...

[IforB]

NewUsername said:

DoubleD said:

I dont think anyone is saying that left foot braking isnt quicker in terms of reaction times as I think we all know that it is.

Really

So someone with a dominant right foot who has rfb the majority of their life will have the same reactions and skill with their left foot as their right?

Okaaaaay then

I am very much right handed, but oddly enough, that doesn't cause a problem when flying a helicopter or aircraft. It doesn't cause an issue when I am in my car either.

Is it because I have god-like abilities?

Nah, it is because I learned how to do it.

We humans can learn far more complex things than pushing a brake pedal with our other foot. Why is there such furore about it?

I watched my straighter learn how to walk a few years ago. That's a damned sight more complex than braking with one foot or the other. She managed it and she wasn't even a year old. Funny how she could do that and you find it impossible to imagine doing something far more simple!