Honest John and Left Foot Braking?

[Baldchap]

So what have we concluded?

[anonymous-user]

Don't wipe with the wrong foot.

[Toltec]

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Some people can and do
Some people can and don't
Some people cannot and don't understand others can or why they would
Here be dragons

TL:DR

If you can and want to, do so, otherwise don't.

[anonymous-user]

Wot about left foot breaking?

[thiscocks]

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

[DoubleD]

thiscocks said:

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

How is it a waste of time? You have to use something to push the brake, so why not use your left foot?

[SidewaysSi]

Toltec said:

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Some people can and do
Some people can and don't
Some people cannot and don't understand others can or why they would
Here be dragons

TL:DR

If you can and want to, do so, otherwise don't.

And some people need data or they can't even wipe their own arse.

[anonymous-user]

Have you got a sauce to back that up?

[bad company]

thiscocks said:

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

Sounds like you tried but couldn’t do lfb.

[thiscocks]

bad company said:

thiscocks said:

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

Sounds like you tried but couldn’t do lfb.

I was just summing up the general consensus of the thread.

[bad company]

janesmith1950 said:

Have you got a sauce to back that up?

HP’s my favourite.

[anonymous-user]

Goes well with chicken. Dark and listerious.

[NewUsername]

DoubleD said:

thiscocks said:

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

How is it a waste of time? You have to use something to push the brake, so why not use your left foot?

Potentially dangerous...introduces risk where there is no need for no proven benefit in thread example of lfb a modern auto for the hell of it

[DoubleD]

NewUsername said:

DoubleD said:

thiscocks said:

Baldchap said:

So what have we concluded?

Waste of time.

But do it for your own amusement if it makes you feel better.

How is it a waste of time? You have to use something to push the brake, so why not use your left foot?

Potentially dangerous...introduces risk where there is no need for no proven benefit in thread example of lfb a modern auto for the hell of it

How is it potentially dangerous?

What risk is it introducing?

[NewUsername]

SidewaysSi said:

And some people need data or they can't even wipe their own arse.

You don't seem to understand that unless you can prove something with data then its a theory at best. Some of the reasons/theorys/arguments given on the thread to support lfb a modern auto are laughable at best, some a little more believable but none have been studied and proven by any organisation who can endorse the results of a proper study.

I spend my career demonstrating to people in various business that what they think about how their own business works is usually not true, then they use the data to improve their business and make more profit and usually sell the business.

What we have discovered really on this thread is that people who have experience of doing it do it, other people that don't do it, THINK they can do it perfectly under pressure and that its ok to put other people at risk while they learn.

[DickyC]

NewUsername said:

Potentially dangerous...introduces risk where there is no need for no proven benefit in thread example of lfb a modern auto for the hell of it

No need for punctuation either, by the look of it.

[DoubleD]

NewUsername said:

You don't seem to understand that unless you can prove something with data then its a theory at best. Some of the reasons/theorys/arguments given on the thread to support lfb a modern auto are laughable at best, some a little more believable but none have been studied and proven by any organisation who can endorse the results of a proper study.

I spend my career demonstrating to people in various business that what they think about how their own business works is usually not true, then they use the data to improve their business and make more profit and usually sell the business.

What we have discovered really on this thread is that people who have experience of doing it do it, other people that don't do it, THINK they can do it perfectly under pressure and that its ok to put other people at risk while they learn.

Time how long it takes to move your foot from the accelerator to the brake. There you go, data.

Obviously this presumes that a left foot braker is covering the brake.

[NewUsername]

DoubleD said:

NewUsername said:

You don't seem to understand that unless you can prove something with data then its a theory at best. Some of the reasons/theorys/arguments given on the thread to support lfb a modern auto are laughable at best, some a little more believable but none have been studied and proven by any organisation who can endorse the results of a proper study.

I spend my career demonstrating to people in various business that what they think about how their own business works is usually not true, then they use the data to improve their business and make more profit and usually sell the business.

What we have discovered really on this thread is that people who have experience of doing it do it, other people that don't do it, THINK they can do it perfectly under pressure and that its ok to put other people at risk while they learn.

Time how long it takes to move your foot from the accelerator to the brake. There you go, data.

Obviously this presumes that a left foot braker is covering the brake.

Not again.....its pretty obvious to even the hardest of thinking that certainly when learning, and probably forever unless you have access to some great facilities( or train very hard) that your dominant leg ( in the majority of cases the right leg ) will have better reaction times than the less dominant leg, especially when pressing a pedal specifically positioned for being pressed by the right leg......

[fido]

DoubleD said:

How is it potentially dangerous?

What risk is it introducing?

Unsuitable pedal placement and lack of racing harness will mean you don’t have a leg to brace or steady yourself if your left leg is moved across to cover or activate the brake pedal. That’s one at least ..

[SidewaysSi]

NewUsername said:

SidewaysSi said:

And some people need data or they can't even wipe their own arse.

You don't seem to understand that unless you can prove something with data then its a theory at best. Some of the reasons/theorys/arguments given on the thread to support lfb a modern auto are laughable at best, some a little more believable but none have been studied and proven by any organisation who can endorse the results of a proper study.

I spend my career demonstrating to people in various business that what they think about how their own business works is usually not true, then they use the data to improve their business and make more profit and usually sell the business.

What we have discovered really on this thread is that people who have experience of doing it do it, other people that don't do it, THINK they can do it perfectly under pressure and that its ok to put other people at risk while they learn.

You can't put data and numbers on everything and trying to use whatever you do in your day job to this is shortsighted in the extreme. You are trying to shoehorn a narrow view of how you think something should work to this scenario. I LFB because I can play with the balance of my car - what data do you want on that?

And I don't recognise people stating what you said in your last comment - please provide a reference.