<VV> Unintended acceleration no Corvair
Michael Kovacs
kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net
Thu May 8 15:32:23 EDT 2008
Don't count on interlocks or brakes. Several years ago on a business trip I rented a Taurus. After starting the car in Park with the foot brake on , I looked down at the floor mounted console and selected R ( It was parked faceing into another rental car). I felt a little thump. It felt like a forward motion, sure enough, as I eased the brake off, it crept forward. After a couple of repeats, I went in and got another car.
If I was in a hurry and stepped on the gas while actually in a forward gear.................
MIKE KOVACS
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In a message dated 5/7/2008 10:07:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
> Craig adds:
> The reason for the "foot on the brake" interlock was precisely to solve part
> of the Audi "unintended acceleration" issue, which turned out to be "foot on
> the wrong pedal". You HAVE to have your foot on the "right" pedal in order
> for the car to start. Neutral safety switches don't do that. (Sure made
> Audis a great buy for about 10 years!)
>
> Craig Nicol
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