It's funny you mention "left foot braking". My Mom was a professional driving instructor in New Jersey (Taggart's Driving School) for many years; she taught ME to drive when I was 12 years old (in a 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, of all things). She specifically taught me to USE my left foot when braking, due to the reduced reaction time involved with having your foot poised & ready OVER the brake pedal and even VERY lightly resting on it. She also advised me to NOT do so when I took my New Jersey Driving Test, which at the time was administered by the New Jersey State Police. I can tell you that there are few things more intimidating than taking your driving test with a uniformed State Police Officer sitting in the car next to you - big hat on, clipboard in hand, watching your every move like a hawk! I specifically remember the armpits of my shirt being soaked to the elbows and waistband, LOL. He made me parallel park both left & right, and negotiate several traffic circles (or "roundabouts") during New Jersey urban traffic. Anyway, I inadvertently used my left foot a single time; the officer "caught" me doing so. I told him that my Mom was a professional driving instructor who taught me to do so - he said: "Well, if you want to pass your driving test TODAY, then don't let me see you do that AGAIN, young man!" I didn't, I passed, and I've been left foot braking ever since. I can tell you that it's saved my bacon COUNTLESS times driving the Freeways in the 18 years I lived in Southern California; nor have I experienced ANY accelerated brake pad wear in any of the vehicles I've owned in the last 49 years. I also have NO problem switching back & forth between automatic and manual transmission vehicles...