Brake vs Accelerator

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I was coming down my driveway nearing the end as I applied the brake and my engine started revving and my 4Runner wasn’t really stopping. With about 20’ to go before a woodpile and boat I just put all I had on the brake and the car skidded a bit and just stopped about 5’ short. Then I reached up and turned off the engine. It turned out my work boot was pressing on both and I didn’t notice. I knew there was a reason I don’t like driving in my boots. No harm, no foul. Just a tightened sphincter.
 
Glad to know you were able to get it stopped & it wasn't an accident, AND you figured out what happened.

Another reason I go barefoot! :D
 
coach said:
I was coming down my driveway nearing the end as I applied the brake and my engine started revving and my 4Runner wasn’t really stopping. With about 20’ to go before a woodpile and boat I just put all I had on the brake and the car skidded a bit and just stopped about 5’ short. Then I reached up and turned off the engine. It turned out my work boot was pressing on both and I didn’t notice. I knew there was a reason I don’t like driving in my boots. No harm, no foul. Just a tightened sphincter.
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I had a Ford F250 for work that had its accelerator and brake pedals WAY too close together. This same occurrence that you describe happened routinely to our employees (NOT just me! :mrgreen: ), to the point that my employer’s Fleet division put out a memo warning of the problem.

I remember reading the memo and thinking, “Uh, yeah... I’ve known that for five years.” :shock:

I always found it ironic that my old “girly truck” Toyota Tundra was set up much better for wearing work boots than the “manly man” Ford Super Duty I had been issued... :roll:
 
A similar moment of excitement was related to me not long after I started work with the Post Office. Once per year the Postmaster or "designee" had to ride each rural delivery route and account for each box, turn, and other physical actions on the route(s). During the previous year's inspection the carrier had experienced a very strange brake failure and as with the OP, his recourse was to apply more and more pressure to the brake pedal. By the time the vehicle had stopped, the Postmaster in the passenger seat was yowling in pain. The reason was apparent and logical once the excitement had cooled.
The vehicle was a standard JEEP Waggoneer modified to right hand drive by the most simple means. A V-belt connected the right hand steering wheel to the OEM steering wheel and a steel bar connected the add-on brake pedal to the OEM brake pedal under the dash. The PM had inadvertently let his foot slide under the OEM brake pedal and the carrier pushing harder on the pedal on his side was smashing the other's foot under the partially blocked pedal. All turned out well but it made for an interesting Safety Talk the following Tuesday.
 
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Another reason I go barefoot! :D
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No it isn't, Tyrone, you're just a NC hillbilly :D (just funnin ya). (And we're glad you are :wink: )

I have to be careful with my big feet when driving the wife's Saturn Vue or I do the same thing. Can be interesting in stop and go driving
 
has happened to me several times in the past year or so... now that I think about it... it is I think always with my Redwing work boots on... but I always wear one type /brand of boot or another...

As for 'barefoot contender'.... isn't it good we now live in modern times? I remember, at least in S.C., when it was illegal to drive barefooted.
 
I said it was another reason,, not the only reason I go barefoot! :D :D

And yes,, I'm proud to be a NC hillbilly. It screws with the minds of the tourists,, especially when I fool them a bit.

But back on topic.
Seriously.
Many vehicles do have pedals close enough to be a factor in foot size or the type of footwear that a driver wears. A good sized man, wearing size 13 (or bigger) boots,, as compared to a teenager female who may only wear a size 5 slipper.
As trivial as it seems,, pedal location is actually important. ESPECIALLY when we all used to drive a manual transmission vehicle.
 
Automatic Vehicles used to have a wide brake pedal seems like they all have a narrower brake pedal like the one previously found only on standards. The wide pedal would allow you to use both feet on the brake.

The disadvantage to the wide brake pedal if you were used to driving a standard you’d lick up tge brakes when trying to depress the clutch pedal that wasn’t there.
 
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