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$1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration
phantomfive writes "Edmunds Auto has announced that it will be offering a $1 million prize to anyone who can find the cause of unintended acceleration. As Wikipedia notes, this is a problem that has plagued not only Toyota, but also Audi and other manufacturers. Consumer Reports has some suggestions all automakers can implement to solve this problem, including requiring brakes to be strong enough to stop the car even when the accelerator is floored."
When you are on the road you should not be trying to get that extra speed [...]
Many of us drive the same car both on road and on track. Are you saying we should be required to have two separate cars?
The problem isn't anything to do with the breaks not being powerful enough. The issue is that they don't engage at all.
There seems to be a problem with the drive-by-wire computer system where it forces the accelerator on full and stops accepting other input, including the breaks. Pressing the pedal does nothing. It appears you cannot do any of the other obvious things like changing gear to neutral* or turning the engine off.
*Presumably only in automatic cars, manual ones mostly still use mechanical gear shifts.
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Break pedals are accelerated, though, in all modern cars. You'll notice that when you're towed.
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