Why is it recommended using your right ( and only ) foot to drive a car?

Question

Why is it recommended using your right ( and only ) foot to drive a car?

Answer 1

You can drive with both feet but I seen people that do and they keep there foot on the brake and wear there breaks out.

Answer 2

its easier, i suppose. pretty much everybody is "right footed" kinda like "right handed" and think to make an abrupt action with their right foot before their left.. the left side of the brain deals with alertness and fast choices, thus, the right foot is much safer to use when driving in case of an emergency stop.

mitch

Answer 3

why is the sky blue? some things just are

Answer 4

have you ever tried braking with your left foot..

hard as h**l

i always step on it too hard

and in emergency's its probably quicker cause the gas pedal is right next to the brake

Answer 5

Because you should be using one or the other, and using the same foot for both eliminates the possibility of using both at the same time.

Also those that keep their left foot poised above the brake pedal tend to keep the brake lights on, confusing those following.

Answer 6

How do you operate the clutch with only one foot? Motorcycles not only require the use of both feet, but also both hands. It's only a mater of coordination.

Answer 7

That clearly doesn't apply to those of us who drive cars with manual gear boxes.

Funny story.

There was a trip a group of us took in an auto and we swapped drivers from time to time and were all used to driving manual cars.

We all made the same mistake, we would slow the car using the brake and the right foot and just as it was stopping we would slam our foot on the brake, as if to depress the clutch and the car would come to a screeching halt.

To make matters worse it was a UK Ford so the indicator arm was on the left and the wipers were on the right, so every time we pulled out to pass we would turn on the wipers.

And we hadn't been drinking.

Answer 8

It's so you don't hit the wrong pedal in an emergency. Also people who are right handed are left footed. So being "right footed" has nothing to do with it.

Answer 9

The statistic is that 1/9 people is left-handed, right? So as to accommodate for the 89% majority, they place the gas pedal on the right, and the brake on the left, to make it easier for the majority of drivers when driving, and to speed up reaction time in an emergency, as most of those right-handed people will react better with their right foot.

Answer 10

That is an automotive standard.  Even in right handed cars the gas petal is on the right.  

Don't want to get confuse and accidently step on the gas when braking.

Answer 11

So that in an emergency situation, you don't s***w up and hit the brake and the gas at the same time and rocket yourself into an accident, or through a red light for that matter.

plus, you're supposed to use your left foot for the clutch, and your right for the gas and the brake.

Answer 12

Probably a rule made by someone that cannot drive a manual transmission...................

Answer 13

why would you use 2 feet to drive a car?

Answer 14

Because of the location of the pedals.

Answer 15

So that you do not push on two pedals (one with each foot) at the same time.

Answer 16

so you wont get confuesd when you're in an emegency and step on the wrong pedal.