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I could accept that explanation for short "hops," but some of the Toyota incidents lasted for minutes/miles - surely that's long enough to realize you're on the

I could accept that explanation for short "hops," but some of the Toyota incidents lasted for minutes/miles - surely that's long enough to realize you're on the wrong pedal? Unfamiliarity may explain why some drivers were unable to switch off the car, though. I would not have known how myself. CHP Officer Mark Saylor was driving a rental car and might not have been familiar with the system either.

hga 17y ago
Yes, I remember reading that the "off" button in the rental car required depressing for 3 full seconds and evidently didn't have logic to recognize e.g. several quick presses in succession. In general, if there are indeed flaws in whatever in these Toyotas and not all these incidents are operator error, there has been a serious failure in human factors design. E.g. Toyota is now programming the system so that pressing the breaks will disengage the throttle. Of course, any one of a number of problems might pay no attention to the off button and so on of an excessively "fly by wire: design.