Vehicle control system

A control system for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an acceleration system, a braking system and a foot well, the control system comprising:

• a pedal comprising a control surface mounted in the foot well of the vehicle for pivoting movement about a fulcrum provided in the foot well of the vehicle, the control surface having:
• an upper end;
• a lower end;
• and
• an axis about which the control surface pivots through an angular range, the axis running from the lower end toward the upper end of the control surface;
• said control surface being connected to said acceleration system and said braking system so that pivoting of an entirety of said control surface in a first direction causes braking of said vehicle and pivoting of the entirety of the control surface in a second direction causes acceleration;
• and
• a controller configured to detect a change in the direction of pivoting of said control surface and translate the change immediately into a change between acceleration and braking when the control surface is at any point in the angular range, such that the control surface need not return to a neutral position before changing between acceleration and braking, the controller being arranged to determine an available range of movement for the braking or acceleration upon detection of a change of pivoting of the control surface from the first direction to the second direction and vice versa, and to map the full dynamic range of braking or acceleration instructions onto the available range of movement for braking or acceleration.