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Is there any reason why this pattern hasn't been widely reported? Edit: I mean, -if it was this obvious we should have known it by now?
by reitanqild 11y ago
Is there any reason why this pattern hasn't been widely reported?
Edit: I mean, -if it was this obvious we should have known it by now?
- pjc50 11y agoThat source was Megan McArdle, who is a libertarian partisan. It's trying to discredit the complainants. The actual court case had an expert who looked at the code and found bugs where the possibility of unintended acceleration could come about. I'm not saying it's not true about the ages of the complainants, but it's certainly trying to present a particular interpretation of unknown events.
- Lagged2Death 11y agoIs there any reason why this pattern hasn't been widely reported? My recollection is: It was widely reported at the time.
- reitanqild 11y agoMy fault then. HN is my primary source of US news but I guess this was featured in more mainstream news.
- mikeash 11y agoBecause "you experienced unintended acceleration because you panicked and wouldn't release the accelerator" and "you should have just mashed the brakes until the car stopped" and "shift into neutral, silly" don't make for interesting stories and all have the smell of victim-blaming, even if completely true.