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I've never heard of anyone accidentally hitting the accelerator instead of the brake in a car. This sounds like the type of thing you say to cover up the fact you accelerated when you shouldn't have, not when you meant to hit the brake but missed.

Not only does anyone who has ever driven a vehicle know where the pedals are in a car by foot position, they also know the brake and accelerator pedals are different shaped and feel different. Just not a credible statement to me.

Really? It actually is a quite common event, especially when the driver is distracted and doesn't move their foot from the accelerator to the brake. They just know they want to stop so they tromp down with their foot without moving it. That is how a lot of the accidents where somebody hits a building happen. They think they are braking but instead go faster and faster. Not at all uncommon, although this usually lasts only a few seconds.. I seriously doubt that is what happened in this case, but it does happen.

[Goose]

I've never heard of anyone accidentally hitting the accelerator instead of the brake in a car. This sounds like the type of thing you say to cover up the fact you accelerated when you shouldn't have, not when you meant to hit the brake but missed.

Not only does anyone who has ever driven a vehicle know where the pedals are in a car by foot position, they also know the brake and accelerator pedals are different shaped and feel different. Just not a credible statement to me.

Really? It actually is a quite common event, especially when the driver is distracted and doesn't move their foot from the accelerator to the brake. They just know they want to stop so they tromp down with their foot without moving it. That is how a lot of the accidents where somebody hits a building happen. They think they are braking but instead go faster and faster. Not at all uncommon, although this usually lasts only a few seconds.. I seriously doubt that is what happened in this case, but it does happen.