This bothers me more than it should.

It should be called the decoupler pedal because that’s what it actually does.

  • MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websiteOP
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    29 days ago

    Respect. You’re right. It should be called gas/fuel/energy pedal because you always get more of it when you press it while actual acceleration has more dependencies.

    • stevestevesteve@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      In most gasoline vehicles it’s the throttle pedal. Pressing it reduces how much you’re throttling the engines air supply