In 2010 there was “gas pedal gate” when a lot of Toyotas went on fire sale because people claimed the gas pedal was getting stuck (new drive by wire throttle systems), but the reality is, after years of research, it’s come down to a skill issue. People stepping on the gas instead of the brake and sending it accidentally
Toyota even got NASA involved in testing for interference with radiation and cosmic rays causing a possible bit flip that could command the car to full send… but that didn’t work.
The telling part was when they saw a large percentage of people in the accidents were old, diabetic, or both - two categories that have poor proprioception, (knowing where your limbs are) which was a major factor, as some of the cars on the list and lawsuits were made before drive by wire throttle - that is, they were mechanical linkages, so blaming the computer is impossible when there’s no computer to blame.
People usually don’t want to blame themselves first when a problem comes up. I normally look at my actions and see if there’s something I could do differently next time, but I noticed most people don’t want to even begin to think that they did something wrong.
Legally, I probably would have kept my mouth shut and made them prove I was wrong too though.
In 2010 there was “gas pedal gate” when a lot of Toyotas went on fire sale because people claimed the gas pedal was getting stuck (new drive by wire throttle systems), but the reality is, after years of research, it’s come down to a skill issue. People stepping on the gas instead of the brake and sending it accidentally
Toyota even got NASA involved in testing for interference with radiation and cosmic rays causing a possible bit flip that could command the car to full send… but that didn’t work.
The telling part was when they saw a large percentage of people in the accidents were old, diabetic, or both - two categories that have poor proprioception, (knowing where your limbs are) which was a major factor, as some of the cars on the list and lawsuits were made before drive by wire throttle - that is, they were mechanical linkages, so blaming the computer is impossible when there’s no computer to blame.
People usually don’t want to blame themselves first when a problem comes up. I normally look at my actions and see if there’s something I could do differently next time, but I noticed most people don’t want to even begin to think that they did something wrong.
Legally, I probably would have kept my mouth shut and made them prove I was wrong too though.