Sounds like two-footed driving is not an issue for you. That’s good. In your case, I would focus on what could be done to prevent getting into those accidents in the future.

I’m pretty certain I can go from gas to brake with my right foot faster than any left foot braker.

The passionate argument in the story about left leg fatigue doesn’t take into account that our left leg muscles are in use all the time (not sitting on the rest pedal) and in shape to do the job. I’ve never felt that fatigue, even after driving long days.

And about the argument that if you don’t keep the left foot on the rest pedal, you risk sliding around, I have to laugh. Who slides around in a bucket seat? I’ve driven a bench seat vehicle before and that argument definitely applies. I adjusted to it and drove one-footed so the other was on the rest pedal. The novelty of it kept me on my toes. Other than for unlikely emergencies, I won’t be driving pickups with bench seating.

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Congratulations on your accident free driving record.

So only a few special people can play piano or guitar? It will become instinct after a few days practice.

I agreed with left braker for fast reaction when needed to stop the car and accelerate out of collision.
I have been driving with 2 feet for 41 yrs in busy Los Angeles roads and no ticket or accident.

Avoid accidentally step o nthe gas instead of brake as one foot drivers.

You will probably not find a driver’s education course that advocates for left foot braking, though the practice is encouraged in some racing disciplines such as rally.

Since you are a race car driver, you probably know that racing and street driving are completely different applications. Proper technique in racing does not necessarily apply to the street, and vice versa. For instance, you would probably get rear ended eventually if you tried to threshold brake at every stoplight.

Anyone who drives a manual transmission (like me) is likely to get confused braking with the right foot while driving stick, then braking with the left foot while driving an automatic. Those of us who still drive manual transmissions should probably stick to braking with the right foot.

Hovering over the brake will lead to leg fatigue eventually. If you are not hovering over the brake with your left foot, your left foot would have to be resting on the floor. In other words, there would still be a delay from the time it takes to pick your left foot off the floor and apply the brakes.

For a fair scientific test, drivers would need to have both feet resting on the floor, not hovering over a pedal, since nobody drives that way for a long period of time. On the highway or freeway, most drivers set cruise control and rest both feet on the floor.

With that said, let’s call it a wash in terms of the time it would take to apply the brakes with either foot. Your reaction time, tire traction, and ABS are likely to be bigger factors in your stopping distance than which foot you’ve trained with in a panic braking scenario.

Qualifier, I am a race car driver, formerly held a professional license, and a daily driver left foot braker.

1.) Your comment about driver fatigue may apply over an hours time, but most trips are far less than an hour. Not to mention your left foot doesn’t hover the entire time (think stoplight), so that claim is thrown out the window.
2.) And the most important point is accident avoidance. The time it takes to apply pressure to the brake pedal is critical. Your claim that standard right foot braking allows you to transfer “in an instant” is categorically false when compared to the time to apply pressure to the pedal with the left foot.

If you wanted to make your case more scientific, you could do a sample set of drivers (half left foot, half right foot), have them drive at a particular speed, same car, then randomly provide a braking event representing an obstacle and see who stops faster. I’d just guess that reduced stopping distance by left foot brakers would change your mind.