"Nick Finnigan" wrote in message
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Well it's an auto, so you'll be left foot braking, and not think about
the accelerator in an emergency.

I've always wondered how the left-foot braking thing ever came into being.
If you drive a manual car you are used to a fairly big movement with your
left foot, and finer, more precise movements with your right foot to operate
the brake or accelerator. Part of learning to drive is acquiring the
different muscle memory in your two feet.

Which bozo thought that it was sensible to operate the brake in an automatic
with your left foot, just because you won't need that foot for the clutch?
It means learning a whole new muscle memory, so as not to press the brake as
hard and as far as you would with the clutch, only to have to unlearn this
if you ever have to drive a manual.

I have always used my right foot to brake in an automatic, exactly as I
would for a manual.