Rudder pedal interference?

[user 25704]

I’m looking for some input from the community for those who have ever flown a piper Saratoga or a Lance or a Cherokee six the way that the Rudder petals are built, there is an arm to the right of each pedal that, for me, seems to be easy to step on, and I am curious if anyone has ever pushed on a pedal and was actually pushing on the arm or the arm has ever blocked them pushing the pedal. Is this a common mistake?

 

[GM.]

 

[140B]

 

[kju1pitt]

 

[reb]