<VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals

[Bryan Blackwell]

Ok, so let's try it out.  Say you're on a hill at a stop sign, and want to pull away:

- Left foot on brake.
- Right foot on clutch?
- I need to release the brake and clutch while easing in to the throttle.  Heel and toe?

I think that might work, but it's kind of tricky since I have to balance the clutch and throttle with one foot.

Let's try the other way:

- Left foot on brake.
- Right foot on gas.
- Release brake, depress clutch with left foot, shifter into first, come up on clutch.

I think I just rolled backwards into the car behind me :-(

--Bryan

On Apr 10, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> So an oddball question crossed my mind the other day: 
> why are the control pedals under our dasboards arranged the way they are?
> 
> Wouldn't it make much more sense to have the CLUTCH pedal next to the gas
> and the BRAKE to the far left?
> 
> You have to lift your foot off the gas to release the clutch anyway....
> 
> And if the brake were on the outside you wouldn't have the 'my car ran away
> with me because I thought I was stomping the brake but I was really putting
> the gas to the floor' problem.
> 
> Who arranged the pedals thusly? Henry Ford?