<VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals

[J R Read]

If you have the clutch pedal in the center and use the right foot on it, how 
do you release the clutch WHILE feeding the gas with that very same right 
foot?  Ain't happening unless you also have a hand feed throttle control. 
That - or teach your self a toe and heel method which you will need to use 
after every stop.

We already have far too many two footed drivers in automatic shift cars on 
the road as it is.  (My opinion)
You've seen them accelerating while the brakes lights are on.  You also 
can't tell when they REALLY intend to stop and just might have the brakes 
too hot to do so.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at unctv.org>
To: "Bob Tarpenning" <bobtcars at wildblue.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals


> Yes- daily....
> I know that using the left foot for the clutch becomes second
> nature fast, and trying to change-up in mid-stream would be
> nigh-on to impossible.
>
> I'm just saying that if the pedals had been laid-out differently
> from the get-go it might be safer.
>
> CJW
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Tarpenning" <bobtcars at wildblue.net>
> To: "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at unctv.org>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 8:19:20 AM
> Subject: RE: <VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals
>
> Have you ever driven a car with a clutch pedal?
> Bob T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Wilson
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:24 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals
>
>
> 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?
>
> CJ Wilson