▁with ▁elder ly ▁sus cept ibility ▁to ▁" neur onal ▁mis f iring " ▁and ▁ped al ▁mis application ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁cause . ▁While ▁many ▁alleg ed ▁cases ▁lack ▁exact ▁details , ▁over ▁half ▁of ▁reported ▁inc idents ▁occurred ▁from ▁a ▁complete ▁stop ▁or ▁low ▁speed , ▁providing ▁a ▁window ▁for ▁the ▁ped al ▁mis application ▁to ▁occur . ▁A ▁prior ▁G M ▁study ▁found ▁that ▁ 6 0 - ▁and ▁ 7 0 - year - olds ▁were ▁six ▁times ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁experience ▁sudden ▁acceleration ▁than ▁ 2 0 - ▁to ▁ 3 0 - year - olds . ▁In ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁Richard ▁Schmidt ▁concluded ▁that ▁a ▁bra ke ▁override ▁system ▁could ▁prevent ▁acceleration ▁cases ▁where ▁a ▁vehicle ▁defect ▁existed , ▁but ▁would ▁not ▁prevent ▁sudden ▁acceleration ▁cases ▁caused ▁by ▁ped al ▁mis application . ▁ ▁Pre vious ▁find ings ▁of ▁driver ▁error ▁Car ▁and ▁Driver , ▁Motor ▁Tr end , ▁and ▁Ward ' s ▁Auto ▁also ▁compared ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 - 1 0 ▁Toy ota ▁rec alls ▁to ▁the ▁A udi ▁sudden ▁acceleration ▁cases ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁widely ▁noted ▁media ▁f ren zy ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁sudden ▁un int ended ▁acceleration ▁claims ▁for ▁A udi ▁cars . ▁In ▁that ▁case , ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁segment ▁on ▁CBS ▁News ' ▁ 6 0 ▁Min utes ▁accused ▁the ▁A udi ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁sedan ▁of ▁un int ended ▁acceleration ▁defect