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tagsb t1_jdj7g2g wrote

Reply to comment by themaverick7 in Someone just crashed their car so hard right into Atwood’s by laflizzy

Vehicle programming standards are extremely strict (with the exception of autonomous driving which regulators have yet to catch up with). The sources used on that Wikipedia section cite a whopping single case of this happening outside a lab where they forced it

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themaverick7 t1_jdkf1wu wrote

Completely agree that standards are very strict. That's why they're rare. But code are written by humans, and mistakes happen.

Remember the hundreds of Toyota acceleration cases? They attributed it all to faulty pedals or floor mats. But multiple lines of evidence has come out that the ECU code had a critical flaw and at least some were attributed to that malfunctioning.

https://www.safetyresearch.net/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-the-big-bowl-of-spaghetti-code/

ECU-related SUAs are more common than you think.

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tagsb t1_jdl9jt3 wrote

The article you just provided shows a regulatory board finding issues with vehicle code nearly 20 years ago, with again no proof of ECU related SUAs other than "maybe it could happen". Not an overly compelling proof point

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