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[Andy B]

Aren't autos for people with only 1 leg anyway

Most Omegas must've been sold to the local hop scotch crowd then ....... 

[Dishevelled Den]

I've always been a two-footer as it affords much better control when you're required to crack on past the mouth-breathers, nose pickers, 'phone fiddlers, sing-a-long-merchants, mothers and their precious charges and those other individuals who should never be allowed to have their arses anywhere near a driver's seat - it's a no-brainer really.

[Andy B]

I've always been a two-footer as it affords much better control when you're required to crack on past the mouth-breathers, nose pickers, 'phone fiddlers, sing-a-long-merchants, mothers and their precious charges and those other individuals who should never be allowed to have their arses anywhere near a driver's seat - it's a no-brainer really.

C'mon Den. Don't sit on the fence, tell us what you really think! 

That'll do for me. If Den is a two footer, then we're all OK to use two feet! 

[Vamps]

I guess it is personal choice really then, judging by the comments posted, none of which answers the op question....

[Andy B]

I guess it is personal choice really then, judging by the comments posted, 

it is 

none of which answers the op question....

It doesn't ......  (not sure if I'm the OP or the Merc owner .....  )

[Vamps]

I guess it is personal choice really then, judging by the comments posted, 

it is 

none of which answers the op question....

It doesn't ......  (not sure if I'm the OP or the Merc owner .....  )

Or the stroppy senior member on a certain other forum..... I just read that from page 1.....
I must get posting.....

[Andy B]

I guess it is personal choice really then, judging by the comments posted, 

it is 

none of which answers the op question....

It doesn't ......  (not sure if I'm the OP or the Merc owner .....  )

Or the stroppy senior member on a certain other forum..... I just read that from page 1.....
I must get posting.....

Still not sure who you mean ......... 

[Nick W]

yes, two feet for two pedals is bad practice in the extreme and will lead to test failure at all levels.

it's probably to do with both pedals being to the right of the column, which means on a lot of vehicles, you're not going to get your left foot from a rest position and past the column quickly and easily. Bad news in an emergency

If it's bad practice, why does every auto car have a brake pedal designed to make it easy to get your left foot on it?

[the alarming man]

depends really the DSA say it is bad practise,but all the advanced groups ROSPA and IAM say it is bad practise unless manouvering

[Vamps]

depends really the DSA say it is bad practise,but all the advanced groups ROSPA and IAM say it is bad practise unless manouvering

 

[the alarming man]

i know vamps....they used to be indesive now they just don't know....

[Andy H]

First time I drove an auto it was a Rover SD1 2.6 with a brake pedal the size of an ironing board.

Stopping was made a bit fierce because I kept forgetting that my left foot didn't need to press a pedal to the floor every time my right foot gently applied the brake

[Dishevelled Den]

depends really the DSA say it is bad practise,but all the advanced groups ROSPA and IAM say it is bad practise unless manouvering

I do recognise the merit in those concerns as there are a fair few drivers about who started their motoring experiences by driving manual gear change vehicles with the (usual) requirement to brake using the right foot to stop it when necessary.

I suppose the concern is - now that many of such drivers have migrated to vehicles having automatic transmissions with some adopting the (entirely natural) two footed approach - there may well be the tendency for them to hesitate in applying the brake or applying both the brake and accelerator pedals in the event of an emergency when old practices have a habit of coming to the fore – no time to think; instinctive reaction, that sort of thing.

Police driving (at advanced/other duty standard) bears no resemblance to the civilian counterpart(s) and different operating practices are necessary to accomplish the task at hand.  In that regard I always found that the two-footed technique allowed me to attain and maintain the speeds necessary to get through traffic as safely and as cleanly as possible.

To drive an unmarked vehicle at speed through a city/urban environment is difficult at best (and downright dangerous at worst) but the two-footed technique allowed me to deal with many such situations without too much drama.

[feeutfo]

...... driving an auto 2 footed is an instant failure .....

Well, given the crap omega brakes, the auto brake pedal is big enough for both feet.....but accelerator pedal is a little small surely...?    So I would agree, FAIL! 

[ted_one]

What you do in the privacy of your Omega is you're business and yours alone,know what I mean ;)left or right foot is good as long as you get the car stopped safely, and in the scheme of things it pales to some of the tricks that you see Joe public pulling on a daily basis  ::)texting,eating/drinking,flipping lanes without indicating or proper mirror checks,tailgating, bad lane discipline,wrong lane choice taking roundabouts plus incorrect indication if at all! could rant for an hour or two on this one BUT the bbq is hot and the beer's cold and I'm gonna chill for the rest of the afternoon