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http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-“spaghetti”-code http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unin

• alex_anglin 9y ago
  Counterpoint from Malcolm Gladwell: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/08-blame-game http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/08-blame-game The argument he puts forth is that pedal error on the drivers part is an explanation for the unintended acceleration.
  • watwut 9y ago
    If drivers pedal errors lead to unintended acceleration in one car, but somehow don't cause unintended accelerations in all the other cars, then maybe there is something wring with how pedal reacts.
  • uep 9y ago
    I listened to that episode, and sort of regret it. I've heard these arguments, and they still aren't convincing. Have you read the article on their spaghetti code? To be clear, I believe that most cases of unintended acceleration are caused by pedal confusion/floormats. Just because that's true of most accidents, that does not mean it's true of all of them. Maybe it's because I work in the embedded space, but I've seen code written as indicated and terrible code like that is not reliable. It might work 99.999% of the time, but given 100,000 units, and a problem might occur every couple weeks. There is nothing magical about automotive software.