If someone is used to cars where pull means shift down, I can understand that they get confused when driving a newer BMW (or race car, or Logitech MOMO, or ...) in step mode, and may put it in first instead of reverse.
But how people can miss the brake and hit the gas, I don't get.
I know that some driving schools insist on teaching people to use the right foot for both the gas and the brake, because then they won't have to readjust between standard and automatic, but they have to readjust anyway because of the clutch, so that's a moot point. With automatic, use the left foot on the brake and right foot on gas, and you won't have this problem, unless you're seriously cross-legged. And you get the added benefit of quicker responses. There's a reason why the brake pedal on automatics extend to the left.
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