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Most modern cars are drive-by-wire, entirely relying on computers and the software. And their software is huge blobs of proprietary compiled code. It's guarante
by bufferoverflow 9y ago
Most modern cars are drive-by-wire, entirely relying on computers and the software. And their software is huge blobs of proprietary compiled code. It's guaranteed to have bugs.
- 20after4 9y agoProbably not that huge, really. Embedded systems on most vehicles are fairly minimal and reliable, at least compared to modern consumer operating systems and (apparently) Tesla's systems.
- bufferoverflow 9y agoCar software is huge. https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*cjVl6u_s34Mqjcn68sWlkA.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*cjVl6u_s34Mqjcn68...
- gormz 9y agoyeah I guess. That buggy code doesn't drive people into walls or give people the feeling they can read the newspaper while doing one of most dangerous things they do in their day.
- walrus01 9y agoVery few modern cars actually decouple the steering wheel from the power steering mechanism fully, like a fly by wire jet airplane no longer has cable linkages from control stick to control surfaces.
- jiveturkey 9y ago1. It's more than most, it's almost all modern passenger cars that are drive-by-wire. But drive-by-wire is a term of art that specifically means that the throttle is not a direct mechanical linkage. Very, very few cars are steer-by-wire and even fewer are brake-by-wire. 2. You're using "proprietary" as a pejorative. It's not proprietary, compiled code that has bugs. All software is guaranteed to have bugs. 3. An entirely insignificant number of accidents are caused by bugs in the drive-by-wire control system. (Even taking into account that an insignificant fraction of cars on the road are drive-by-wire as you mean it.)