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Ashton Crusher[_2_]

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:48:37 -0600, (Neill
Massello) wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

Does braking with the left foot increase the
risk of accidents?

In a panic situation, do left-foot brakers tend to mash down both pedals
(brake and throttle) at the same time?

Seems unlikely. Do pilots mash the bottom part of the Rudder pedal
which also controls the front steerable wheel instead of the top part
of the pedals that controls the brakes when they want to stop on the
ground?

In my experience as a driver and pilot those things just don't happen.
Even if it did, there's no reason it would be any more likely than
right foot brakers mashing the accelerator instead of the brake in a
panic situation. Since with LFB each foot has a defined task instead
of the right foot sharing two tasks there is reason to think it would
be less likely.