# Which foot do you brake with?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023 "2023-05-14T11:56:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/61 "2023-05-16T04:11:57Z")

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> [@banjopatterson](#):
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> I did once know a guy who used his left foot to operate the brake but then he only had the one leg.

Same as an old friend of mine. Without a genuine right leg and foot (he does have a prosthesis), he accelerates and brakes with his left foot. He’s had the pedals shifted leftward to make things easier, but it’s still gas on the right, and the brake on the left.

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/62 "2023-05-16T12:09:37Z")

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I also voted Right Foot, my commuter cars have been predominately manual, until I switched over from my 5 speed Civic to the Kona EV in 2019. I went from three pedal driving to one pedal pretty quickly.

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/63 "2023-05-16T14:14:32Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> How do you get your foot up on the dashboard to mess with the brights/dimmer switch?

yoga  
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/K89p6HhY/feet-on-wheel.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/K89p6HhY/feet-on-wheel.jpg)

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/64 "2023-05-16T21:10:56Z")

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I use both feet for braking, of course, as Fred Flintstone taught me. Yabbadabbadu!

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/65 "2023-05-26T09:44:01Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> > [@elfkin477](#):
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> > How do you get your foot up on the dashboard to mess with the brights/dimmer switch?
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> yoga  
> [https://i.postimg.cc/K89p6HhY/feet-on-wheel.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/K89p6HhY/feet-on-wheel.jpg)

Years ago I had left foot surgery and was in a cast. The doc said it would be ideal to elevate my foot, so when driving I put it out the window (it was summer time). I was driving a manual so I used a cane to operate the clutch. It was almost like operating a motorcycle, using my left hand for the clutch.

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