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Thread Author: Falkirk Bairn Replies: 14
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New Sat 4 Jun 11 19:25 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Falkirk Bairn
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-13653933

You guessed - autogearbox and mistaking brake and accelerator!
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New Sat 4 Jun 11 22:23 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - RichardW
Funnily I enough I did it today too....although I was drving a hydrostatic dumper, and didn't park it on a SAAB. It is surprisingly difficult to take your foot of the throttle when it's going the wrong way....!
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New Sun 5 Jun 11 15:06 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - The Melting Snowman
Brace yourself for the inevitable claptrap about Left Foot Braking.
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New Sun 5 Jun 11 15:11 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Zero
No on here, HJ doesn't write here.
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New Sun 5 Jun 11 20:23 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Ateca chris
This one is little worse

www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Pedestrian-trapped-car-crashes-window/article-3627156-detail/article.html
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 10:40 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Mapmaker
>> Brace yourself for the inevitable claptrap about Left Foot Braking.

Here we go again... but tell me exactly how having your left foot ready over the brake wouldn't reduce the chances of an accident like this?
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 10:44 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Zero
Because these accidents are caused by the elderly who press on the gas thinking its the brake. Even when it shoots forward they press harder.

Now given that

a: They cant even drive with only one leg to think about
and
b: They have never left foot braked for 50 years.


Do you really think that teaching them left foot braking would resolve this situation?

The only reason they have an auto is because they dont want to use the other leg.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 10:54 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Dog
>>The only reason they have an auto is because they dont want to use the other leg<<

What a stupid statement Z ~ there is more to driving a manual car than just pushing the clutch pedal down.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 10:56 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Zero
Agreed but as we are talking about legs, you will have to run with it.

Actually? no thinking about it, there is not more to it than pushing the clutch pedal down.

The reason people can only drive autos is they can not use the clutch pedal properly.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 11:10 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Dog
>>Agreed but as we are talking about legs, you will have to run with it.<<

Yep! - I always read threads from the bottom up for some strange reason :)

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New Mon 6 Jun 11 12:31 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Londoner
>> The reason people can only drive autos is they can not use the clutch pedal
>> properly.
>>
Not quite. I drive an auto because I prefer it, not because I have to.

I don't find any difficulty operating the clutch pedal properly when needs arise, e.g on hire cars or courtesy cars.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 12:41 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Zero
I was talking about people who cant drive manuals. Not choice.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 12:49 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Clk Sec
>> I was talking about people who cant drive manuals. Not choice.

Indeed. Plenty of elderly folk around my area driving automatics, for obvious reasons.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 12:51 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - bathtub tom
I'd assumed it was due to them not realising it's in reverse, or failing to have proper control.

They'd press the accelerator and the car would lurch backwards, throwing their body weight forwards, which would cause them to press the accelerator further.

I sold a Vitesse to someone with a similar problem. They kangarooed it down the road in first when they tried to test drive it. I diagnosed their problem as them only ever having driven a much less powerful car. They pulled away and gave it too much throttle, the resulting acceleration startled them so they'd lift off, the resulting deceleration threw them forward pressing the accelerator, the resulting acceleration startled them.............. I told them to put it into second earlier, until they got used to it.
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New Mon 6 Jun 11 13:21 
 Renault Megane II - Megane mounts Saab in car park - Londoner
>> I was talking about people who cant drive manuals. Not choice.
>>
Ah! Thank you for the clarification.
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