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24-09-09, 08:24 PM
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L J K Setright: Happy birthday to a remarkable, but long-forgotten Fiat - Features, Motoring - The Independent
LKJ Setright: Hybrids are not up to the job - Comment, Motoring - The Independent 
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04-10-09, 10:59 AM
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LJK Setright: The best car in the world. By Honda motors - Comment, Motoring - The Independent
LJK Setright: The non-smoking car is enough to make you choke - Comment, Motoring - The Independent L J K Setright: Two feet are better than one to get an extra bit of control - Features, Motoring - The Independent LJK Setright: 'Why should drivers be lashed to the wheel?' - Features, Motoring - The Independent LJK Setright: Why there's no such thing as a 'modern' diesel - Comment, Motoring - The Independent
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04-10-09, 04:38 PM
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The duplication of the opening paragraphs is a technical error on The Independent's website.
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04-10-09, 11:12 PM
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[quote=Blenheim Boy;1766]
L J K Setright: Two feet are better than one to get an extra bit of control - Features, Motoring - The Independent I wonder just how many V8 owners do drive this way? Having done so for 40 years, I hate being in a manual car where this is an inadvisable way to proceed or stop! Geo.
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05-10-09, 01:50 AM
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LJK Setright
I use my left foot to brace myself when driving hard but even for resting.
The idea of driving with my left foot hovering over the brake pedal is weird and tiring !! Obviously many do a bad job of hovering, as I see their stop lights on as they pull away from a light and continue down the road!! In essence they now do not have a warning system that they are stopping. Are you Mr Geo one of those? Since I am resting or bracing my left foot on the floor it would take me about the same time to go from throttle to brake as it would from floor to brake. Nothing gained! I do use both feet in an automatic when rocking the car if stuck in snow or mud. I also have several cars ( auto and manual) and it is safer to use a constant driving style. Dorien
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05-10-09, 04:45 AM
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Left Foot Braking
Dear Forum,
The late Setright's hypothesis of reduced braking distance through left foot braking has,I believe, some merit. Recall, most, if not all, competition go karts use this system. Using basic physics formula we can see that if there is a 0.2 sec time advantage to apply braking force to a vehicle travelling initially at a constant speed of 100km/hr, then using s=vt, the vehicle in question displaces itself approximately 4.8metres (~15')over this short time frame. Clearly, if one hasn't allowed sufficient safe space between fellow travellers, then under emergency braking situations an "extra" car length (15') could be of significant use! As an aside, engineers may suggest that the brakes would have to work a bit harder under left foot conditions as there would be a tendency for most drivers to leave the power on for a split second during an emergency braking event. In closing, irrespective of the argument for left foot braking, I believe that the roads would be much safer if more was done to ban the use of mobile telephones and loud music in cockpits. How many distracted drivers have you endured/avoided this week? Brett B.
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05-10-09, 11:15 AM
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LJK Setright
Totally agree, I have to use an Automatic now on all my cars as I do not
have a left leg, the only use for the left leg in my 407 is waving it around trying to find the dip switch at night.! Nick P.s. when I did have two legs I still only drove with my right leg. Last edited by Kevin H; 07-10-09 at 11:33 AM. Reason: removed copious email artefacts, again...
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