> There’s no chance you will pick up your foot in that moment

I don’t know, if we can teach people to turn into a skid, can we not teach them to pick up their foot in a sudden acceleration?

> This kind of thing is probably already covered by reckless driving or something similar, and if you actually wanted to create a law that targeted hitting the wrong pedal how would you prove it?

I mean, the signs are pretty easy to spot. And the thing is, I’m not sure this falls under aggressive driving. Would be happy to hear of a case that says otherwise, but it seems like these are generally treated as accidents.

I’m not saying throw the person in jail. But driving safely requires good reflexes, and an accidental acceleration suggests the driver’s reaction time is deteriorating. Maybe we have them take a test and they do fine, it was just a one time thing. Fair enough, give them the license back. But it would be nice if the system actually tried to proactively weed out bad drivers instead of waiting for the worst.