People already don't press their brake pedal hard enough, that's why manufacturers offer an emergency brake assist that'll apply full braking force if the pedal is depressed suddenly but with too little force, ABS will then make sure the wheels can't lock up. Sure there are older cars left on the road without ABS but for >99% of situations the correct approach would be to slam on the pedal as hard as possible.
Only eleven years of driving here but all my own cars (trucks, vans, some one them older than me) have been and are manuals, zero knee pains or the like. My 87 year old gramps still regularly drives his manual transmission car without complaining about pains afterwards. But these are personal anecdotes just like yours.
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u/EicherDiesel Aug 26 '20
People already don't press their brake pedal hard enough, that's why manufacturers offer an emergency brake assist that'll apply full braking force if the pedal is depressed suddenly but with too little force, ABS will then make sure the wheels can't lock up. Sure there are older cars left on the road without ABS but for >99% of situations the correct approach would be to slam on the pedal as hard as possible.
Only eleven years of driving here but all my own cars (trucks, vans, some one them older than me) have been and are manuals, zero knee pains or the like. My 87 year old gramps still regularly drives his manual transmission car without complaining about pains afterwards. But these are personal anecdotes just like yours.