it may be ur alternator, once the car is running the alternator keeps ac current flowing and to necessary components if the alternator dies out/stops working the components that run the car which were powered by the alternator are now run off the battery which is dc (direct current) this will only last so long and when the battery is drained while driving you will lose the ability to accelerate and/or gage indications. This can be dangerous for obvious reasons and I suggest that you fix it as soon as u can rather than just jumping ur car and driving like this for prolonged periods of time.
it would not appear green
You might want to ensure that the handbrake is completely released; you might also check the brake fluid level.
pressing on the brake pedal lightly for a short distance
It is completely 1st person, except for the overhead cam when driving.
You may be pressing the gas pedal too hard
of Drive, Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm., Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft., The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously., Tendency; drift.
Drunk driving is when you are completely drunk and you are not in your senses and sober driving is when you are almost drunk but you still gain some consciousness in yourself.
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possibly cam sensor
This isn't a federal crime so this will be completely variable based on which state you are in.
Try pressing the emergency brake pedal one click to turn off Daytime running lights - Works in my 97
Check the transmission fluid level.