Drivers, cars are ill-equipped when panic sets in

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Mon, 02/08/2010 - 23:09

You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes naturally — hit the brakes.

But what if the car keeps going?

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