Sentence examples for pressing the accelerator from inspiring English sources

Last month, it said that an internal investigation of 2,000 vehicles reported to have accelerated unintentionally found "pedal misapplication" in most cases, with drivers mistakenly pressing the accelerator instead of the brakes.

He compared it to pressing the accelerator while being poised to hit the brakes.

They were probably just pressing the accelerator when they thought they were pressing the brake.

Despite its high difficulty level, he could make entertaining progress just by pressing the accelerator.

Think rush-hour traffic, except everybody is pressing the accelerator as if living beyond the moment is not a priority.

Sitting on the flat seat, I looked across the monumental bonnet and peaked left fender with glee while pressing the accelerator.

"We're pressing on the accelerator here," he said.

But horsepower only matters if you're pressing on the accelerator.

The findings suggest that some drivers were mistakenly pressing on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake.

Sometimes my foot lands off center on the brake so that as I depress the brake I am at the same time also pressing on the accelerator.

In traffic, the display shows several little green car figures, and the ACC can be restarted by pressing on the accelerator for a second.