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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 '''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. Some drivers practice [[left-foot braking]], however it has proved to be difficult to train the left foot to skilfully press the brake pedal thus bringing the vehicle to a smooth stop; instead the outcome is usually a sudden stop.
-Many cars now include pedals with [[electric adjustment]], a modern iteration of a manual adjustment system available sporadically since the 1950s.
-==Other vehicles==
-Heavy vehicles on [[Continuous track|caterpillar tracks]] such as [[bulldozer]]s or [[tanks]] may have two brake pedals; for the left and right side tracks respectively. These vehicles do not have a clutch ''pedal'' but two manually operated levers; the clutches and brakes are used for differential [[steering]].
-In a bulldozer the gas pedal operates in an opposite way to an automobile; depressed pedal = idle, released pedal = full open throttle.
-A twin engined [[wheel tractor-scraper]] has two gas pedals next to each other; one for the front engine and one for the rear engine.
-==See also==
-* [[Heel-and-toe]]
-[[Category:Auto parts]]
-{{Unreferenced|date=May 2009}}
-{{automotive-part-stub}}
-[[ja:アクセルペダル]]
-[[ja:ブレーキペダル]]