Counterpoint from Malcolm Gladwell: 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.
The argument he puts forth is that pedal error on the drivers part is an explanation for the unintended acceleration.
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.