Who left-foot brakes?

I left foot drive sometimes. Both gas and brake. I only do it because on longer drives my left knee acts up- I had a torn medial meniscus and it needs to not be cramped up over there (I'm almost 6' tall).

Its a bit different, and its also funny to watch Matt try to drive my prius as he's used to stick shift, he's constantly looking for the clutch/gear shift.

 

Us rural mail carriers sit on the passenger seat and reach over to steer with our left hand only and control the foot pedals with the left foot. (Wish I had a right hand drive Prius)

At other times and in other vehicles... I left-foot the brake when manuevering in tight spaces, on a steep terrain, or hooking/unhooking a trailer.

 

if not right-hand drive, then at least, bench seats --- Have you removed the senter console?

But if you did, there go the deluxe cup-holders ...

 

"center" -- no illiteracy among the Pri-ites

 

Christy Brown

 

My husband left-foot brakes.

 

Centre.

 

I did left foot brake once upon a time. I learned to drive in a manual trans and still drive one from time to time so I stick with right foot now except to back out the driveway. I think I picked up left foot braking manoeuvring around a tight workshop.

I agree with Tideland Prius about people driving with their foot on the brake. In my mechanic days had an old lady customer who complained her car was smoking, she was pressing her right foot to the floor on the accelerator and using the brakes to control speed. She was using her left foot on the brake she said because she was too old and weak to move her right foot quickly enough so a foot on each pedal was the solution. I sat her down and talked about how economical taxis were for her commuting. She only covered a few hundred kilometres per year. She sold the car.

 

I fabricated a bracket and managed to move the center console back about 6". This works great for me during the route and still gives me an armrest, cupholders and storage the rest of the time. I know several other mail carriers who have removed it completely.

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Oh thank goodness. Somebody else wot can spell English.

I use left foot braking all the time. On the xbox.

 

I never left-foot-brake, centrally for two reasons:

1. After 13-some years of driving manuals, I learned but quick first time in an automatic: left foot on brake is only good for testing Emergency Stop
2. One of my stated reasons for getting a Prius in the first place is because my left foot is failing and I can't run a manual any more; but a standard automatic is lousy for fuel economy, so Prius - no clutch and better fuel economy than my manual 1.5L that it replaced.

Of course, the left-foot "hand brake" is still annoying, but at least I only have to flick that twice per trip; instead of standing on it for several minutes at every red light or round-a-bout.
In four months of prius ownership, I've mostly trained myself out of reaching for the clutch as I slow down or move off the line

 

I occassionally left foot brake, generally when moving around tight areas. Occassionally do it on longer runs to just move that leg around, rather than have it doing nothing at all.

My mother has always left footed the brake, or at least as long as she has had an automatic. She keeps her foot off the brake so that she is not riding the brakes, but I find I cannot sit comfortable given the position of the actual brake pedal.

 

Erm Nope - 'centre' is the correct spelling in England!

 

And also in the home countries of Pat and I.