Combined Gas/Brake Pedal...eliminate driver error!

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Combined Gas/Brake Pedal...eliminate driver error!

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August 4, 2010: New York Times article:
Gas-and-Brake Pedal Gets New Look After Recalls
Maybe separate pedals for gas and brake isn't the ideal solution for accelerating/decelerating a vehicle. An inventor in Japan has a solution, a single pedal: Step on it to brake, rotate foot to right to accelerate. Eliminates the possibility of panic causing acceleration when the wrong pedal is pressed.
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