http://tinyurl.com/28fctt3

"The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders 
from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden 
acceleration and found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes 
weren't engaged at the time of the crash, people familiar with the findings 
said.

The early results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyotas and 
Lexuses surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when 
they intended to jam on the brakes."

This part is especially interesting, from a psychological POV:

"The initial findings are consistent with a 1989 government-sponsored study 
that blamed similar driver mistakes for a rash of sudden-acceleration 
reports involving Audi 5000 sedans." 

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