Prius unintended acceleration

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Old 03-30-2010, 11:58 AM
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According to the wiring manual, there are 4 conditions that will cancel cruise control -

1- the stop switch is activated (ie the brake lights come on by pressing the brake)

2- the cruise CANCEL switch is pressed

3- the cruise on/off is moved to OFF

4- the shift selector is moved from D to any other position
There are at least 2 more.

5- The road speed falling below ~35MPH.
6- The road speed falling more than ~5MPH below the CC set speed.

And maybe the following:

7- The road speed rising more than ~5MPH above the set speed.
8- TC activation.
9- VSC activation.
10- OAT below ~35F

IMMHO 8, 9 and 10 should be REQUIRED.

I wonder...

In an airplane many of the functions that a pilot would not want to inadvertently or casually activate have "guards" over the control switches. The guard must be removed, flipped aside, in order to activate the function.

Couldn't something like that approach be used to prevent unintentional SUA events..?? In this case if I wish to go WOT, or even dramatically increase the throttle opening, I must first move the "guard" aside..

With a manual transmission the driver would almost always downshift before going WOT or even going to a higher acceleration rate. So why not have a simple PB, Push-Button, control that must be depressed just momentarily prior to applying a substantial level of additional pressure to the accelerator pedal.

With these new sequential shifting automatic transmissions a quick, momentary downshift signal could be used to "arm" the WOT capability.

Along those same lines, thoughts, why not prevent cruise control from accelerating beyond a sensible road speed, say 65-70MPH, without the driver having first released CC "accel" mode and then re-engage the "accel" mode.
 
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Old 04-04-2010, 08:32 PM
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Why have there been no press, no news media interviews, with Frank Bernard...?
 
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