<VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals

[Jeff Wilson]

Yes- daily....
I know that using the left foot for the clutch becomes second
nature fast, and trying to change-up in mid-stream would be 
nigh-on to impossible.

I'm just saying that if the pedals had been laid-out differently 
from the get-go it might be safer.

CJW

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tarpenning" <bobtcars at wildblue.net>
To: "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at unctv.org>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 8:19:20 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals

Have you ever driven a car with a clutch pedal?
Bob T

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Wilson
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:24 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Slightly OT rant re pedals


So an oddball question crossed my mind the other day: 
why are the control pedals under our dasboards arranged the way they are?

Wouldn't it make much more sense to have the CLUTCH pedal next to the gas
and the BRAKE to the far left?

You have to lift your foot off the gas to release the clutch anyway....

And if the brake were on the outside you wouldn't have the 'my car ran away
with me because I thought I was stomping the brake but I was really putting
the gas to the floor' problem.

Who arranged the pedals thusly? Henry Ford?

CJ Wilson
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