Wow, putting your foot on the gas instead of the brake causes the car to accelerate. Who would’ve thunk it?
It’s the same as the Audi 5000 “problem.”
LOL. I forgot about the 5000. That was a real 60 Minutes fabrication. Almost destroyed the car company in the US.
you ever had a computer “hang” or freeze?
Think real careful before buying a car that has computer controlled
acceleration
brakes
transmission
so if the computer hangs when the last input was speed up, and the brakes are computer controlled, and the transmission will no longer shift out of gear.....
but wait, I am sure you are confident that a California state trooper (off duty), simply made a mistake, even when on his celll phone telling people he could not shift the vehicle out of drive, could no slow down, and the brakes could not stop the vehicle......maybe he was conspiring to make toyota look bad, to the extent he crashed killing himself and his entire family?
I am a computer “guy” and the though of a “fly by wire” car scares me.
I won’t buy or own one. sorry. I am not betting my life on a it.
the original article mentioned he was talking on the cell telling that he could not shift out of drive, and could not slow dow. Lexus is a dvision of Toyota.
No, toyota is not the only offender in this area, but again, a “fly by wire” car can always cause these sorts of problems.
There are no requirements that he computers be redundant, or the controls failsafe if the computer fails.
For example the space shuttle has 7 computers that “vote” on control movements.
I knew it was totally nonsense and I’m glad the govt class owned up to it finally....