Unintended acceleration

[McDuff]

I have heard of people thinking the car is accelerating on it's own when they are regenning and then hit a bump which causes the decel of regenning to stop temporarily. Another thing that has happened - because the car does not "creep" in drive, people can forget the car is in drive while they sit in a parking space then they accidently step on the accelerator and drive through a wall at the mall or something,( then blame the car!)

The habit of using the parking brake when stationary is a good one.

 

[robthebold]

The habit of using the parking brake when stationary is a good one.

Since the i3 takes the parking brake off for you when you hit the "gas" -- as long as your seatbelt is fastened -- it won't help much in this particular case. But it's still a good habit to use the parking brake when parked. (Cue "but sometimes . . .")