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The accelerator getting stuck doesn’t matter. Breaks on cars can over power the engines. All that is needed is to hit the breaks.
This is likely similar to the Toyotas where the most likely cause was the user mistaking gas pedal for the break.
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that depends on the vehicle.... my '89 pickup had a sticky accelerator pedal. last summer i'm going down the road, take my foot off the gas and the truck just keep going faster and faster. naturally i hit the breaks, but becuz the breaks are part of the vacuum system and the carb was stuck open the breaks were just rock hard... so pretty much no breaks. i was going to turn off the truck but then i'd lose power steering, so i threw it in neutral, had the engine race like crazy, but was able to get to the side of the road and get stopped (thankfully i was going up an incline).
definitely a little nerve rattling!