[notzuck]

No they don't. You just use the wrong word. Try accelerator.

[WalterBright]

We can compromise and call it the "throttle" :-)

[saagarjha]

But the steering wheel is an accelerator too…

[notzuck]

So is gravity when your going down hill, somethings can have the same name, so what?

[saagarjha]

Gravity isn’t a control in your car.