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Old Dec 6th, 2004, 03:29 PM
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The quick answer to your question is in one of the several posts just a bit earlier in this thread. Read through them first, and then question further with a comment, suggestion, or a more specific question.

Quote: Originally Posted by nonsequitur
The answer should be "No" because for street driving you wouldn't use the brakes more often, or any harder, than if your right-foot moved over from the throttle pedal. I'm not sure anyone is advocating left-foot braking as the norm (except to practice, practice, which is necessary if you want to have the same sensitive use of the pedal that you may now have from your right-foot).


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