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[[Image:Pedal Locations in 2007 Subaru Legacy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hanging pedals in a Subaru Legacy. From left to right: foot rest, clutch, brake, gas.]]
[[Image:Saabsonettpedals.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Standing pedals in a [[Saab Sonett]] (clutch, brake, gas)]]


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An [[automobile]] may have two to four foot '''pedals'''. The arrangement is the same for both [[right- and left-hand traffic]]. From left to right:
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* normally operated by the left foot:
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**[[clutch]] pedal, not in the case of [[automatic transmission]]
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* normally operated by the right foot:
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**[[brake]] pedal, which is sometimes wide and elevated above the car floor
**[[throttle]] (known as the 'accelerator' or 'gas pedal'), controls fuel and air supply to the automobile's [[engine]]. It is usually narrow and close to the car floor allowing the driver's heel to rest on the car floor. It has a [[fail-safe]] design in that it automatically returns to the [[idle (engine)|idle]] position when not depressed by the driver.

Some vehicles have a [[parking brake]] pedal instead of a [[hand brake]] lever. Pedals can be either 'hanging' from the [[Firewall (construction)#Firewalls outside of building construction|firewall]] ([[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]]) or 'standing' on the floor.

Since the right foot is normally used (for the accelerator or brake) there is no foot rest on the right, not even in cars with [[cruise control]]. The left foot only has to operate the clutch intermittently (or has no function in an automatic vehicle) so sometimes a foot rest is provided to the left of the pedals.

Many cars now include pedals with [[electric adjustment]], a modern iteration of a manual adjustment system available sporadically since the 1950s.

==See also==
* [[Heel-and-toe]]
* [[Left-foot braking]]

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