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Tech Area => General Auto Tech => Topic started by: daveismissing on May 10 2012, 09:16:54 AM

Title: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: daveismissing on May 10 2012, 09:16:54 AM: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed inclusion of a system that would shut down the throttle in the event that the brake and accelerator pedal were depressed simultaneously, and most automakers appear to be squarely behind it. Known as a brake-throttle override (BTO), the system would minimize the risk that drivers would lose control of their vehicles due to a stuck accelerator or entrapped floormat.

"We support the idea of making it standard," Wade Newton, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, told Design News. "We've been behind it since it was first discussed in 2010." He said that the Alliance is now reviewing the proposal and will offer specific comments at a later date.
Title: Re: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: Steve Wood on May 10 2012, 09:23:19 AM: so much for trail braking
Title: Re: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: SuperSix on May 10 2012, 02:59:51 PM: Quote from: Steve Wood on May 10 2012, 09:23:19 AM
so much for ~~trail braking~~ yet another freedom

Fixed that for ya
Title: Re: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: gbsean on May 10 2012, 09:34:45 PM: how are you supposed to power brake a turbo car to get up the boost for a launch>>>
Title: Re: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: $1987 GN$ on May 10 2012, 10:14:36 PM: Quote from: gbsean on May 10 2012, 09:34:45 PM
how are you supposed to power brake a turbo car to get up the boost for a launch>>>

Just like anything that is made to do something is made to do something else. :powersix:

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Title: Re: Unintended Acceleration
Post by: motorhead on May 17 2012, 03:13:22 PM: Quote from: Steve Wood on May 10 2012, 09:23:19 AM
so much for trail braking

First thing that popped into my head too... it is scary that we think alike some times.