For how many decades have the main controls of a car been the accelerator and brake foot pedals? Isn’t it about time we experimented with some other forms of control?

For example, the throttle below is based on that of airplanes except combined with a form of cruise control. It would also control the brakes so if you’re going at “60″ (60 km/h) and suddenly yanked it back to zero the ABS would kick in and come to a complete stop as soon as possible.

Vehicle throttle.

What do you think of this concept?

And what do you think of my first attempt at using Google SketchUp?

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