09-18-2009, 01:46 AM
If the car is accelerating hard the brakes will be pretty much worthless. I experienced this first hand a number of years ago.
Many years ago I installed an after-market cruise control in a 1981 Honda Accord (5 speed manual) that we owned. When installing the connection to the carb I had to carefully adjust the connection to the throttle due to tight clearances. The cruise worked fine for many months after I completed the install. We were driving the car home, after a mechanic worked on it, suddenly I found the accelerator pedal was stuck! The brakes did very little to slow the car down. I quickly depressed the clutch and shifted out of gear. The engine revved hard, I quickly pulled off the road, shut the motor off and realigned the cruise control connection to the carb. Very scary! From that point on I obsessively checked that connection after anyone else worked on that car.
Dave
Edit: spelling
Many years ago I installed an after-market cruise control in a 1981 Honda Accord (5 speed manual) that we owned. When installing the connection to the carb I had to carefully adjust the connection to the throttle due to tight clearances. The cruise worked fine for many months after I completed the install. We were driving the car home, after a mechanic worked on it, suddenly I found the accelerator pedal was stuck! The brakes did very little to slow the car down. I quickly depressed the clutch and shifted out of gear. The engine revved hard, I quickly pulled off the road, shut the motor off and realigned the cruise control connection to the carb. Very scary! From that point on I obsessively checked that connection after anyone else worked on that car.
Dave
Edit: spelling
...on the trailing edge of technology.