You read about it all the time: driver presses gas pedal instead of brake
and a serious accident occurs.

This is not due to a clutz behind the wheel. It could happen to you or me
and it did happen to me (no accident though).

The cause is improper pedal geometry. The brake pedal is too low and too
close to the gas pedal. If the shoe contacts the brake pedal offset to the
right, as the pedal is pressed, the shoe simultaneously contacts the gas
pedal, causing acceleration. The driver instintively presses harder on the
brake, but the engine dominates and the car lurches forward.

It all happens so fast, the accident occurs before the driver can figure it
out. Think cross-controlled ailerons on an airplane where the mechanic
hooked up the cables wrong. It is 100% fatal regardless of pilot
experience.

If there is doubt, look at a Ford F100 and a '55 Chevy. The Chevy got it
right but the Ford is an accident waiting to happen.

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"Tom" <tjctransport (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote

Some cars have three pedals and man, that gets confusing. They should have
colored lights on them so you know which one to push.

or maybe you really ARE a klutz that don't know the difference between the
brake pedal and the gas pedal.
"George Orwell" <nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote

I guess I am a Klutz with large feet, it happened to me several times
with my old Taurus, really quite a shock, fortunately no accident.
Jim

On May 21, 6:19*am, "Tom" <tjctransp... (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote:

On Thu, 21 May 2009 02:46:06 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell
<nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote:

This is the troll elimination feature, which didn't work in your
case... Please try again, preferrably while the car is pointed towards
deep water, and report back the results. <g>

"George Orwell" <nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote

Georgie, if you like the cars from the 50's and 60's so much, why are you
driving one from the 90's? Seriously, go out and get yourself a '55 Chevy.
As for your 'problem', it is actually more common on the Toyota Prius, as
several cases have been documented. Unfortunately, 99 percent of the morons
who have had the problem, won't do anything about it. I have read of only 2
people who actually have gone after Toyota. The others just shrug it off,
and thank whatever God they believe in that they are still alive. And
people wonder why Consumer Reports always ranks the Toyota's so high...