and too wide
Just in the last few months I've begun to complain about not being able to get my foot in between the brake pedal and the tranny hump to operate the gas pedal. It seems my feet have grown bigger over the years.
Its a real rush to start stopping behind someone only to catch the edge of the gas pedal while pressing down on the brake and have the car give a giant lurch forward
towards a stopped car in front.
I've recently been looking at and buying driving shoes. Basically slippers with a thin sole. The sole width seem to be narrower than coventional shoes many of which today have quite a wide sole designed onto them some extending out a 1/4" or so all around. Some brands of driving shoes have an extention along the right side of the right shoe which makes the shoe wider which defeats my needs.
Also the edges of driving shoe soles tend to be more rounded, doing less damage to the carpeting where your foot rests and scrapes along the right edge and also allows you to roll your foot from one pedal to the other without the heel getting snagged.
Over the years my requirements for the gas pedal position has seemed to have changed also. Along with finding narrower shoes I've repositioned the gas pedal to be just a little proud of the brake pedal. When braking now, I can feel when my foot clears the gas pedal and know I won't be coming down on the gas as I brake
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