• Shellbeach@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Or they don’t know how to drive automatic and brake with their left foot. Either way, it doesn’t check out

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      6 months ago

      I’ve done it before. Granted it was one of the first times I’d driven an auto, but the reflex to engage the clutch for rolling to a stop, combined with the extra wide brake pedal can be a real gotcha.

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      6 months ago

      Eh there’s also sometimes the foot e brake and sometimes when you’re thinking really fast and maybe have done a few switching from car to car you might just try to start a car and move with the e brake engaged thinking it was a clutch