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However, good driving practice would dictate your foot does not touch the brake until all passengers are inside the car and situated.
Touching the brake is a prelude to reversing. Reversing when not fully situated results in things like
That may be true 20 years ago, but all the new cars with push button start requires you to press the brake pedal before pushing the button to start the car. And most people will probably start the car before everyone gets in (Start the AC, let it warm up, set the GPS, change the radio, etc...). If pressing the brake pedal closes the passenger door too, I am pretty sure my wife or kid would have gotten smacked by the door a few times. Even now sometime I close the FD too soon and smack my kid in the head.