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> the affected cars have problems with their power-steering assist system when driving on rough roads or after hitting a pothole

I suppose it's not a pure software issue, but a combination of hardware and software issues in exceptional circumstances like potholes and rough movements.

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> exceptional circumstances like potholes

I would not call it exceptional.

Especially not in the state of Michigan.

I thought Texas roads were bad, and then I moved to Oklahoma for a year. Yeah, I was wrong.

I suspect it's a joke

Poe’s Law in action, ladies and gentlemen.

Hat tip to Elon, it’s a tough trick.

I meant exceptional in the engineering sense of being unexpected by original (happy-path) models of function, not exceptional in sense of being unheard of in the real world.

...Except, in the engineering sense, dealing with rough surfaces/potholes should absolutely be filed under "normal use". If someone built a car that wasn't at least checked for behavior in media real, I certainly would have rather profound concerns over it's manufacture.

> Except, in the engineering sense, dealing with rough surfaces/potholes should absolutely be filed under "normal use".

I never claimed otherwise.

The engineers' original model of function was faulty, and should've included rough surfaces/potholes. But since it (obviously) didn't, that makes rough surfaces/potholes an exceptional circumstance in the context of their model.

Shouldn't the government be responsible for paying repairs to vehicles that have sustained damages due to potholes? Or do they just take people's taxes for no return?

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