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Uh, the problem with stuck accelerators isn't that you can't get the car to slow down. I'm sure that's possible in the Tesla too. The problem is that by the ti
by mort96 3y ago
Uh, the problem with stuck accelerators isn't that you can't get the car to slow down. I'm sure that's possible in the Tesla too.
The problem is that by the time you've reacted to the sudden unexpected acceleration and found a way to get the vehicle to stop, you may have already crashed or run something over or something. This is true on your car with a physical transmission as well.
This is all assuming that the brake overrides the accelerator (which it really really should, especially on an electric car where it's all computerized).
- stavros 3y agoUnfortunately, this is true. By the time the average person debugs why the car is rushing full speed ahead, it's too late. Hopefully the brakes are strong enough to stop the engine torque, though.
- steelframe 3y ago> This is true on your car with a physical transmission as well. I think you mean an automatic physical transmission. My manual transmission car has a clutch that I can always disengage in a fraction of a second.
- mort96 3y agoI meant what I said. The entire point of my comment is that it's the human reaction time that's gonna be the limiting factor.
- steelframe 3y agoApologies, although in this case you are wrong. Human reaction time to disengage the engine in a 3-pedal car is split-second.