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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by magicalhippo on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:21AM (#39600683)
That's what I had thought, but mechanic that replaced the throttle pedal assembly called it a potentiometer (had a weird pulsing in the force feedback).

Of course, could be he was wrong.

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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by Vecr on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:14AM (#39601062)
I read the "unintended acceleration" report from NASA. The Toyota cars involved had two independent hall effect sensors. Hopefully there's been no backsliding since then.
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