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The exact same idea occurred to me a while back and I posted a couple of days ago asking about feasibility. Didn't get any informative answers, though, so I'm happy to find this thread.
The way I conceived it it would work like this:
the driver would have a lever, like the ones on jets to increase power to the motor, set it to neutral (i.e., no power, no drag) or use it to brake/slow down while coasting, instead of the normal breaks or, if moved further that way, to regen.
The "dead man switch" would be on the actual brake pedal and immediately set the motor to neutral or even regen, based on pressure applied.
The only problem I foresee with a setup like this is if the car has ABS.
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