Go out to your garage and take a look at the layout of your brake and gas pedals. The brake pedal is higher than the gas pedal. To apply the brakes, you need to first lift your foot, and then push it down. If you are traveling 80 MPH, your vehicle is covering over 100 feet per second. If it takes you half a second to lift your foot and and apply the brakes, that means you’ve covered an extra 50 feet.

In an emergency situation, this could be deadly.

Let’s say you’re traveling through a school zone at 80 MPH, the different heights of your pedals could easily mean the difference between killing nobody and killing dozens of children and possibly a crossing guard.

There are really only three possible reasons for this design flaw, and I think there is probably a little truth in each:

1. Overpopulation. No political candidate can win an election taking a stand against people reproducing too often, this seems like a convenient way to thin the heard.

2. Product replacement. Detroit knows that if you can’t hit your brakes before you slam into a wall, you’ll need to buy a new car.

3. Jews. Cheap Jews controlling the finances of the car industry refuse to pay just a little more in material costs to make the gas pedal higher.

If you’re smart, like me, you’ll put a block on your gas pedal to make it taller.