A double pedal system for an industrial truck, comprising a first spring-reset pedal, a second spring-reset pedal. The first and the second spring-reset pedals are provided so as to be mechanically independent of one another, and are each provided with a device for electronically capturing the current actuation path of the corresponding pedal. A control unit is operatively coupled to the devices for electronically capturing the actuation paths of the two pedals, and is designed to determine a travel target value from the current actuation paths of the two pedals. The invention furthermore relates to an industrial truck comprising a double pedal system of this kind, and to a method for operating the double pedal system.