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infinotize
on Oct 29, 2013
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Toyota's firmware: Bad design and its consequences
This kind of thing makes me never want a car without a keyed ignition and to a lesser extent (and for other reasons), a clutch pedal. Heavy machinery should have a hardware-based killswitch. I'm kind of amazed this isn't regulated.
jonny_eh
on Oct 29, 2013
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Having a clutch also prevents accidental acceleration due to hitting the wrong pedal, which is much more likely to occur than a firmware glitch.
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