Don’t Get Misguided! Here’s how to step on the correct automatic car brake pedal

Jakarta –

Automatic cars are clearly different from manual cars. The transmission is clearly not the same and no less important is how it operates. You could say the biggest technical difference between the two types of cars is the use of pedals.

Driving an automatic car tends to be easier than a manual one. If a manual car has three pedals for gas, brake and clutch, an automatic car only has two. The two pedals are gas and brake.

Even so, when driving an automatic car, you should not rely on two legs. Citing the Daihatsu Indonesia page, the habit of using two feet to operate the brake pedal of an automatic car can damage the brake lining.

Stepping on the brake pedal at the same time as the gas pedal can damage the car’s transmission because the clutch is still rotating but its motion is blocked.

Not only that, if you step on the brake pedal it can also endanger the driver. Drivers can lose the ‘feeling’ when they have to press the brake and gas pedals at the same time.

Separately, the Director of Training for Defensive Safety Consultant Indonesia (SDCI) Sony Susmana suggested that when driving an automatic car, you should use your right foot to operate the brake and gas pedals.

While the left foot, usually automatic cars have foot rest space for the left foot that does not have a clutch pedal. However, said Sony, the left leg of the automatic car driver is actually not completely rested.

“The heel of the right foot rests on the floor and stays in front of the brake pedal, regardless of the transmission system. It doesn’t mean that you use the left foot automatically,” explained Sony recently.

Even so, it does not mean that the left foot is not allowed to step on the brake pedal of an automatic car. But generally the habit is done by those who are experts.

“Racers/advanced drivers do that in blunt corners. It’s called Left Foot Braking. For beginners it is not recommended,” said Sony.

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