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An adjustable pedal system for a motor vehicle is presented. The system includes an adjustable pedal assembly being movable to at least two pedal positions and an adjustable pedal module, responsive to a pedal command, to control the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly. The pedal module includ

An adjustable pedal system for a motor vehicle is presented. The system includes an adjustable pedal assembly being movable to at least two pedal positions and an adjustable pedal module, responsive to a pedal command, to control the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly. The pedal module includes a lockout module to disable the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly when a predetermined lockout condition is detected. The pedal module is interconnected through a data bus to at least one of vehicle electronic modules. The predetermined lockout condition is communicated to the adjustable pedal module over the data bus.

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An adjustable pedal system for a motor vehicle is presented. The system includes an adjustable pedal assembly being movable to at least two pedal positions and an adjustable pedal module, responsive to a pedal command, to control the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly. The pedal module includ

An adjustable pedal system for a motor vehicle is presented. The system includes an adjustable pedal assembly being movable to at least two pedal positions and an adjustable pedal module, responsive to a pedal command, to control the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly. The pedal module includes a lockout module to disable the movement of the adjustable pedal assembly when a predetermined lockout condition is detected. The pedal module is interconnected through a data bus to at least one of vehicle electronic modules. The predetermined lockout condition is communicated to the adjustable pedal module over the data bus. on of said sensed operating-state signals is dependent, is a set-degree-dependent parameter that may have, at any given time, any one of a plurality of values which include one or more park-brake fully-set values, one or more park-brake not-fully-released/not-fully-set values, and one or more park-brake fully-released values; (k) wherein said operating-state sensors include at least one complimentary pair of a full-release-detection sensor and a full-set-detection sensor; (l) wherein each of said full-release-detection sensors senses a value of one of said set-degree-dependent parameters and produces and communicates sensed operating-state signals in a manner dependent upon said value of said set-degree-dependent parameter that it senses; (m) wherein each of said full-set-detection sensors senses a value of one of said set-degree-dependent parameters and produces and communicates sensed operating-state signals in a manner dependent upon said value of said set-degree-dependent parameter that it senses; (n) wherein each of said full-release-detection sensors is configured and interacted with said park-brake system in such a manner that it produces and communicates a park-brake fully-released signal to other components of said vehicle when said set-degree-dependent parameter said value of which it senses has at least certain ones of its park-brake fully-released values; (o) wherein each of said full-set-detection sensors is configured and interacted with said park-brake system in such a manner that it produces and communicates a park-brake fully-set signal to other components of said vehicle when said set-degree-dependent parameter said value of which it senses has at least certain ones of its park-brake fully-set values; (p) wherein each of said complimentary pairs of a full-release-detection sensor and a full-set-detection sensor is configured and interacted with said park-brake system in such a manner that there exist circumstances during normal, non-malfunctioning operation of said park-brake system and said park-brake monitoring-system during which said set-degree-dependent parameters, said values of which said full-release-detection sensor and said full-set-detection sensor sense, have/has park-brake not-fully-released/not-fully-set values and said full-release-detection sensor does not produce a park-brake fully-released signal and said full-set-detection sensor does not produce a park-brake fully-set signal. 2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein: (a) said park-brake monitoring-system further comprises one or more logic devices to which one or more of said complimentary pairs of a full-release-detection sensor and a full-set-detection sensor are communicatively linked; (b) said logic devices and logic according to which they operate are configured in such a manner that said logic devices perform the steps of: subsequent to an initiation of operation of said park-brake monitoring-system, if one of said full-release-detection sensors produces and communicates to said logic devices an uncontested park-brake fully-released signal before any of said full-set-detection sensors produces and communicates to said logic devices an uncontested park-brake fully-set signal, producing an initial monitoring signal that is a park-brake-released signal;subsequent to an initiation of operation of said park-brake monitoring-system, if one of said full-set-detection sensors produces and communicates to said logic devices an uncontested park-brake fully-set signal before any of said full-release-detection sensors produces and communicates to said logic devices an uncontested park-brake fully-released signal, producing an initial monitoring signal that is a park-brake-set signal;subsequent to any production of a monitoring signal that is a park-brake-released signal, producing a monitoring signal that is a park-brake-set signal, when and only when one of said full-set-detection sensors subsequently produces and communicates