I don't believe for a moment that the engine will overpower the brake, for the simple reason that any normal car can stop faster than it can accelerate. That means the brakes are stronger. For sure a Camry or Prius can in no way accelerate faster than they stop.
Yes, there is an issue with overheating the brakes, but that will take a fairly long time, certainly longer than the time it should take you to figure out wtf is going on and shift to neutral or turn the ignition off.
IMHO, the outcome of these incidents being someone dying has driver error written all over it, even if the runaway acceleration actually is real.
Yes, there is an issue with overheating the brakes, but that will take a fairly long time, certainly longer than the time it should take you to figure out wtf is going on and shift to neutral or turn the ignition off.
IMHO, the outcome of these incidents being someone dying has driver error written all over it, even if the runaway acceleration actually is real.