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I had a dog/accelerator pedal interaction a few weeks ago.

I had to move my wife's electric car, just a few yards on our driveway. As I get in the car, our dog, a terrier, decided to join me, and he sits in the driver's footwell. The car's right hand drive, normal for the UK, so he's in front of the accelerator. I realised that the dog would be in the way so that I couldn't operate the accelerator, but I only needed to release the brake and the car would move slowly, so I wouldn't be likely to use the accelerator anyhow. I let him stay where he was.

I turn the car on, selected a Drive, and released the brake. That's when I found that the dog had pushed the accelerator quite a lot, and the car accelerated a lot faster than I had intended. Of course, my foot was still on the brake pedal, so I stopped the car very quickly, and no damage was done.

Like most people, I'm far more used to IC cars than electric cars, and a stuck accelerator on an IC car would be obvious and loud as soon as the engine is started. I've had it happen. The maker of electric cars have simulated turning on the ignition, starting the engine, and putting the car into gear, all as separate functions, but they haven't got anything to say the accelerator is pressed. I don't think it's important. I was easily able to control the car, as soon as I felt the acceleration.

Electric cars usually have quite obvious warnings if the car is "in gear" and the door is opened. I guess they can't have that on a golf cart, although mowers and the like often have a pressure switch on the seat.
 

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