Tips to Avoid Mistaking the Accelerator for the Brake
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Tips to avoid mistaking the accelerator for the brake are: when acceleration is not needed, move your foot to the brake pedal. This action is called "preparing to brake." Once a situation arises, you can immediately apply the brakes, resulting in a shorter braking reaction time and avoiding the mistake of pressing the wrong pedal. During driving, the left foot is always idle (except in cases where the parking brake is operated by the left foot), while the brake and accelerator are both controlled by the right foot. The specific method is to position the heel approximately between the two pedals, so that tilting the ankle to the left will press the brake, and tilting to the right will press the accelerator. With a few practice sessions of quickly lifting the accelerator and pressing the brake with the right foot, the chance of making a mistake becomes very small.