From what I was told Oklahoma is like that, not allowed to drive barefoot or in flip-flops.

I agree with Bill on this, It could have been avoided with a simple deep breath, and a rational thought of how to stop the vehicle... but that doesn't tend to happen in a OMG PANIC!!! situation.

I almost had a OMG PANIC!!! situation, but a deep breath and a rational thought saved our work car. I was out on a parts run in a Monte Carlo SS, decided to play a little because it was like my car but not mine (I know, I know... bad me) I floored it at like 15mph in a 45 and got to 40 and pulled the throttle back and realized that (because some idiot flipped the floor mat over) the pedal was stuck on the floor. Given that was continuing a fast acceleration and well over speed limit, I noticed I was gaining fast on a truck going slow and both lanes of traffic was occupied so I couldn't pass. Needed to react quickly, took a breath and - O no, turn signal and brakes. (This is the moment where Joe Doe Citizen would have let go of the wheel, grabbed his cheeks, and screamed like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, all the way to the scene of the crash) But calmly and quickly I kicked the car into neutral and applied the brakes. The old man freaked out a little as the supercharger was screaming and the engine was bouncing off the rev limiter, but no body or vehicle was hurt.

It is indeed sad, and my heart goes to the families of the victims and the woman behind the wheel that has to live with this guilt.