NHTSA Complaint #10264115 — 2008 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2500

I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND SELF EMPLOYED. I DO APPLIANCE SERVICE AND DRIVE OVER 25,000 MILES EVERY YEAR. I HAVE OWNED MANY DIFFERENT VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS. A YEAR AGO I PURCHASED A NEW 2008 CHEVROLET G2500 3/4 TON SERVICE VAN. I HAVE NEVER OWNED ANY OTHER VEHICLE WHERE I WAS MORE PRONE TO HITTING THE GAS PEDAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE FOUND MYSELF APPLYING BOTH THE BRAKES AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME. I FEEL THE PROBLEMS IS THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE TWO PEDALS AND THAT THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE SAME HEIGHT. I HAVE BECOME VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT FIND THAT UNLESS I AM EXTREMELY ALERT, IT STILL HAPPENS. I FEAR THAT AT SOME POINT, I WILL FIND MYSELF IN SOME KIND OF ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS AND REALLY AM FEARFUL OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF I NEED TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *TR