The Art of the Pedal

30 year commute veteran, plenty of time to think about the mundane, the nuance, the subtleties, the art of driving,

Commute style, all the techniques in play, scanning mirrors, hands, firmly, yet comfortably on the steering wheel, and how we play the pedals,

The technique involves practice, consideration of all factors, and working to maximize continuity of flow, your vehicle, traffic overall.

One foot is really all you need most of the time, certainly with today’s cars, trucks, SUVs, everything pretty well built with automatic transmission, no clutch needed,

But to be clutch (pun half-intended) you need to know how to work, the accelerator, and the break, gentle, micromanaged pressure, not too fast, not too slow the resulting speed, go with the flow, the traffic, the start stops, that’s the commute… That’s the GOOD.

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