American Honda has declared that it will install a brake-override system on all of its Honda and Acura brand vehicles for the North American market by the end of 2011. The device would permit the brake pedal to make ineffective any throttle input returning the engine to idle or near idle to allow safe braking if the accelerator pedal is either stuck or accidentally concurrently pressed.
Several other automakers, including Mazda, have revealed plans to incorporate brake overrides on all their future models, ahead of a potential federal requirement for them though no official declaration has been made yet. At this time, Nissan is the only automaker to use them across its entire line-up, though Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and Chrysler already have the attribute on many of their models. Toyota is also planning to establish a brake override on a number of models for 2011, and the 2010 Toyota Camry and 2010 Toyota Avalon already had the feature. Seems like all the manufacturers are joining the race one-by –one.
At the time Toyota was dealing with its stuck-accelerator recall, Consumer Reports helped bring stuck-accelerator strategies to light, clearly demonstrating when accelerators were floored the stopping difference between vehicles that did and didn’t have brake overrides. According to an official Honda report, the first application of the so-called Brake Priority Logic will come to market this August. So stay along with us for more updates on Car-Tech.
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Really? It’s not always Honday. Look at what happened with Toyota, and they are still going strong.