Abstract: An accelerator pedal unit (10) for a vehicle whereby an accelerator pedal (11) is moveable from a rest or first position (15) through an idle position (17) to a second position (16) and wherein vehicle braking is caused to occur when the accelerator pedal (11) moves in the range between the idle position (17) and the first position (15) and the vehicle is caused to accelerate when the accelerator pedal (11) moves between the idle position (17) and second position (16).