A comment on my previous post, by user "Ming", pointed out the trend of the total number of unintended acceleration complaints to NHTSA over the years.
2000: 1415Now, what is interesting in this is that over this period, the number of complaints were cut dramatically, even though the number of new cars on the road increased. Also, and this is key, in the year 2000 many cars were still using mechanical throttle systems.
2001: 1345
2002: 1460
2003: 1446
2004: 1426
2005: 1112
2006: 878
2007: 876
2008: 456
2009: 251
By 2009, almost all cars now use electronic throttle systems.
Yet, unintended acceleration complaints were reduced dramatically.
Another point of proof, that ETC systems are at least as safe, if not more safe, than mechanical throttles!
