How many feet do you drive with?

[clgwli]

Can't vote as it depends on the car. Two for manual transmission and one for automatic. I can't begin to imagine teaching someone to drive with two feet. From what I remember of the days of old in our drivers ed classes two feet driving on automatics leads to more accidents.

 

[Bob NC]

I used to have a girlfriend that drove a car with automatic transmission with both feet. She needed new brake pads at least twice a year.

 

[HelenePA]

Always used one foot barefoot when I can. I was in a car accident once had NO shoes on! Not my fault. Had no shoes when I was released from the hospital (after a short helicopter flight, it was a bad accident) everyone kept asking me where my shoes were..

 

[pigletgirl]

1 foot. I couldn't imagine driving with 2!

 

[JVL1018]

My grandmother was handicapped due to polio-wore a brace on her right foot and drove with both feet since she couldn't move her right foot back and forth between the gas and brake fast enough.
She had to go back and get retested when she was around 90(yes, 90!) and found out that she could not take the driving test with both feet.
She had to get a hand control for the brake and she went to driving school to learn how to use that, and was able to take her driving test soon thereafter.
I use one, I almost went through the windshield the one time I tried to brake with my left foot!

 

[Charlotte ~08]

Two feet, I have a manual transmission.

 

[JR6ooo4]

Do you drive with two hands? Or use both our eyes? Does the car have a clutch pedal? You have a much better reaction time with left(opposite) foot braking.

the only problem is if you ever rest one foot on the pedal not in use. You will either be revving the engine while trying to stop, which is real bad in icy conditions. Or will always have your brake lights on, which makes it hard for the person behind you to know when you are stopping.

Real race drivers use two feet. sometimes three. Toe on the gas, heel on the brake and other foot on the clutch.

 

[Catzeyes]

One unless I am driving stick.

 

[goofyernmost]

Do you drive with two hands? Or use both our eyes? Does the car have a clutch pedal? You have a much better reaction time with left(opposite) foot braking.

the only problem is if you ever rest one foot on the pedal not in use. You will either be revving the engine while trying to stop, which is real bad in icy conditions. Or will always have your brake lights on, which makes it hard for the person behind you to know when you are stopping.

Real race drivers use two feet. sometimes three. Toe on the gas, heel on the brake and other foot on the clutch.

Well, you started out saying it was OK to drive with two, then you gave very compelling reasons why you shouldn't...SAFETY FACTOR!

The race driver story, although true, is not anywhere near the same thing. The entire cockpit area is designed differently than a standard car and it takes a high degree of skill to make it work. Not a good example.