# 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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**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foot-do-you-brake-with/984023/6 "2023-05-14T12:49:08Z")

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> [@RitterSport](#):
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> You can tell when you’re driving behind a two-footed driver – their brake lights stay on as they’re speeding up. I weep for their brake pads.

This was driving me absolutely nuts the other day as the guy in front of me had his brake lights just constantly fluttering in a normal driving situation (occasional slow down but not stop-and-go). And the lengths of the brake lights were variable, so I couldn’t really tell if he was slowing down or not. Only when we obviously were speeding up did I figure out what was going on.

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