Sentence examples similar to pedal stick from inspiring English sources

"Let me guess your gas pedal stuck".

Websites and blogs have had anxious folk wondering what to do if their accelerator pedal sticks.

Many of the hundreds of recalls listed sound far more serious than the possibility of the throttle pedal sticking.

When the pedal stuck, it made no difference in how quickly the car could be brought to a stop: the brakes were powerful enough to override the problem if applied with sufficient force.

DETROIT — Federal safety regulators plan to require all new cars and trucks to have a brake-throttle override system, giving drivers the ability to step on the brake to stop the car if the accelerator pedal sticks or malfunctions.

Page B7 RULE FOR RUNAWAY CARS Federal safety regulators plan to require all new cars and trucks to have a brake-throttle override system, giving drivers the ability to step on the brake to stop the car if the accelerator pedal sticks or malfunctions.

As things stand now, we'll never know for sure if some accidents occurred because drivers stepped on the gas instead of the brake, or the accelerator pedal stuck, or if, as some people suspect, electrical interference from a cellphone or other device caused the acceleration.

Then the company says it's actually the accelerator pedal sticking.

The payroll tax cut that Democrats have resisted for decades is being pushed through as part of a deal moving like a Toyota dump truck with the gas pedal stuck.

Toyota said the problem was limited to the US, where the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes five people have died in crashes caused by accelerator pedals stuck in mats.

The police contend an incorrectly installed mat caused the accelerator pedal to stick.