A few years ago there was an off duty highway patrol officer and his family who died in a car wreck due to floor mats. They had a newer Lexus I think it was. The mats had a tendency to move forward and bunch up near the gas pedal -- pressing down on the gas. Lexus had issued a recall to correct it before this incident, but this guy didn't get or read the recall letter I guess.
Anyway on the highway the car was speeding up and the brakes lost the battle I guess. He probably held the brakes down until the pads were worn away. He called 911 on his cell phone for help. I guess they were going like 120 mph, and he was swerving around to avoid cars and had to go on the shoulder.
He ended up leaving the road at about 140 and hit a mound of dirt and went airborne for like 2000 meters or so and landed. They all died. The CHP trooper, his wife, his 2 kids. Sad.
I would hope my first instinct would've been to reach down and pull the floor mats back. Too bad the 911 operator didn't suggest that. I think the 911 operator did tell him to put the car in Park, but being a modern car it wouldn't allow him to to protect the tranny. Probably neutral would've worked?