SUDDEN ACCELERATION SHUTDOWN DEVICE USING HYDRAULIC BRAKE PRESSURE DETECTOR TO DISABLE VEHICLE ON DRIVER PANIC

摘要

A safety shutdown system for a vehicle has a device for detecting a panic-level force applied to a vehicle control with a first state indicative of no detected panic-level forces, and a second state indicative of detected panic-level force. This device is coupled to disable a powerplant of the vehicle when in the second state. In particular embodiments the apparatus for detecting has a hydraulic cylinder coupled to a brake line and detects panic-level force on a brake pedal of the vehicle; and in embodiments the apparatus for detecting is adjustable. In other particular embodiments, a second device disables the powerplant of the vehicle upon detecting panic-level force on an accelerator pedal of the vehicle.