Vehicle throttle and brake control system employing instinctive driver response for enhanced vehicle control
OwnerVictor Van Saaneninventor
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Abstract
An improved motor vehicle speed and braking control system configured to maximize performance and response times for braking to a driver's instinctual physiological and psychological response to a perceived need to decelerate. The system provides a throttle pedal and brake pedal system configured to cause braking and an immediate change of engine power to idle once a user touches or causes activation of safety switches by a proximity or contact with them directly or with the brake pedal or a sliding of the throttle pedal depending on the configuration. Accidental acceleration during any attempt to brake is thereby eliminated by the system.
Claims8
An engine speed and braking control system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a throttle pedal slidably engaged upon a rail, said rail positioned upon a support surface of said motor vehicle;
- said throttle pedal rotatable by contact with a foot of a driver of said motor vehicle to regulate power output of an engine of said motor vehicle, between an idle power output to a full throttle output;
- said throttle pedal slideable on said rail toward a front of said vehicle, from a first position closest to said driver, to a second position distanced further from said driver than said first position;
- a brake control actuable to brake of said motor vehicle;
- said brake control actuable in a first mode by depression of a brake pedal situated adjacent said throttle pedal;
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- said brake control actuable in a second mode by a contact of a leading edge of said throttle petal with a brake cage connected to said brake control upon a sliding of said throttle pedal on said rail to said second position, whereby a driver sliding said throttle pedal on said rail to said second position will cause a braking of said motor vehicle.
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