<VV> unintended acceleration-no Corvair

[Joel McGregor]

I've had a couple of '80s GM cars with the mechanical cruise control transducer get on the throttle pretty hard at random.  The cruise was always "on" but I rarely turned those systems off.  It wasn't a big deal.  The brake killed them every time.  Don't install one of those on your Corvair.
Joel McGregor

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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Frank DuVal
Subject: Re: <VV> unintended acceleration-no Corvair

Oh, I didn't mention the Toyota unintended acceleration, or others, because that is a different animal.

The Audi cases were always from a standstill and usually at the beginning of a drive, so I do believe these were wrong pedal applications. BTDT twice!. When a brake pedal is applied while standing still, I have never been able to get the engine to move the car (overpower the brakes), even with high horsepower engines.

Your cases are what I do know can happen with today's cars. Sticking cruise control can happen even with cable tying the pedal to the throttle, as the cruise is also connected by cable to the throttle.

Now with drive by wire, where just electrons go between the pedal and the throttle... It' s a whole new ball game. They test vehicles, mostly DOD types, at work for their reaction to RF signals being applied to them. They do react! But, I have not heard of brakes not working due to RF energy. The ABS might apply, but the brakes still work. This is different than those mid 70s Buicks with ABS that did suffer brake issues from high power transmitters in their trunks (police duty, etc). 
That does seem to have been fixed back then.

Frank DuVal