Are u a left-foot braker?
11-03-2008, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='710839' date='Nov 3 2008, 04:45 PM
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i actually feel more safer breaking with my left it gives ME quicker response time to brake. but i dont keep my left foot resting in the brake DUH!
i actually feel more safer breaking with my left it gives ME quicker response time to brake. but i dont keep my left foot resting in the brake DUH!
While your right foot goes off the gas pedal, you allready push the brake pedal!
Reaction time is much less than when using the right foot for both!
When doing the math you'll see that the reaction time is huge! Not in time, but in distance travelled at!!
The reaction time gets reduced to almost 0, if done correctly, so you might be able to avoid a collision with this technique.
But you need to be trained, it is not easy, some people can't even learn this technique...
11-03-2008, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='710749' date='Nov 3 2008, 10:18 AM
Well since the heel and toe method has nothing to do with braking using the left foot, when I read your post it was quite unclear (at least to me) what you were implying. Yes, there are racers who left-foot brake but they don't do it while performing a heel and toe downshift. There's simply no connection between the two techniques...
i said most rally drivers use there left foot to brake in manual cars, (comma) and also use "toe & heal" .......its so you can keep on the gas and brake at the same time.
this means you can use left foot braking to "keep on the gas"
and you can also use toe & heal to "keep on the gas"
it did not mean you use them both together??
and toe & heal is not for a downshift as you say, its soly to keep the revs up whilst braking
your right foor (clutch) is for gear changes.
but if it was unclear then im sorry, obviously lost something in anglo cross over.
11-03-2008, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='710852' date='Nov 3 2008, 11:02 AM
rudy, you have still not read my post correctly?
i said most rally drivers use there left foot to brake in manual cars, (comma) and also use "toe & heal" .......its so you can keep on the gas and brake at the same time.
this means you can use left foot braking to "keep on the gas"
and you can also use toe & heal to "keep on the gas"
it did not mean you use them both together??
and toe & heal is not for a downshift as you say, its soly to keep the revs up whilst braking
your right foor (clutch) is for gear changes.
but if it was unclear then im sorry, obviously lost something in anglo cross over.
i said most rally drivers use there left foot to brake in manual cars, (comma) and also use "toe & heal" .......its so you can keep on the gas and brake at the same time.
this means you can use left foot braking to "keep on the gas"
and you can also use toe & heal to "keep on the gas"
it did not mean you use them both together??
and toe & heal is not for a downshift as you say, its soly to keep the revs up whilst braking
your right foor (clutch) is for gear changes.
but if it was unclear then im sorry, obviously lost something in anglo cross over.
Suffice it to say that I now "get it" and realize that you were not trying to imply that heel toe downshifting requires the use of your left foot on the brake pedal. No need to clarify further...
(Funny, I don't remember having much trouble figuring out what the other UK posters are saying...
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11-03-2008, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='710844' date='Nov 3 2008, 08:49 AM
It is safer if you are trained in doing so and much faster!
While your right foot goes off the gas pedal, you allready push the brake pedal!
Reaction time is much less than when using the right foot for both!
When doing the math you'll see that the reaction time is huge! Not in time, but in distance travelled at!!
The reaction time gets reduced to almost 0, if done correctly, so you might be able to avoid a collision with this technique.
But you need to be trained, it is not easy, some people can't even learn this technique...
While your right foot goes off the gas pedal, you allready push the brake pedal!
Reaction time is much less than when using the right foot for both!
When doing the math you'll see that the reaction time is huge! Not in time, but in distance travelled at!!
The reaction time gets reduced to almost 0, if done correctly, so you might be able to avoid a collision with this technique.
But you need to be trained, it is not easy, some people can't even learn this technique...
and it has saved me from a couple collisons that have been CLOSE CALLS!
11-03-2008, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='711002' date='Nov 3 2008, 07:29 PM
been mastering the technique since I got my license
and it has saved me from a couple collisons that have been CLOSE CALLS!
and it has saved me from a couple collisons that have been CLOSE CALLS!
11-03-2008, 10:03 AM
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I sometimes brake with my left foot. Rarely though. Its really weird.
11-03-2008, 10:21 AM
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what ive noticed is that its the "elderly" that drive like that.. im all around bay ridge at times i see them all around dr's row and there accelerating.. WITH THERE BRAKE ON!! LOL.. my grandfather does this.. he says hes "used" to it..lol..
I on the other hand did it on my second car(chrysler cordobaPOS!) but i only did it cause i HAD to keep one foot on the gas or the POS would stall...
I on the other hand did it on my second car(chrysler cordobaPOS!) but i only did it cause i HAD to keep one foot on the gas or the POS would stall...
11-03-2008, 10:24 AM
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I hope you mean the brake lights when you say the "elderly" do it, not the left foot braking in general...
I am NOT elderly...
I am NOT elderly...
11-03-2008, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='709605' date='Nov 1 2008, 01:23 PM
its called the long forgotten art of conversation......
mono syblic man is only living in france.
mono syblic man is only living in france.
BTW, you might mean mono-syllabic.
11-03-2008, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='709783' date='Nov 1 2008, 07:50 PM
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If it was wrong, why are the pros doing it then?
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If it was wrong, why are the pros doing it then?
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