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Originally Posted by wraymond
Of course reportage is, after all, just one version and subjective at that. If anyone knows better we can be sure it will emerge given the world wide commercial interest.
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If I recall correctly, the Toyota incident just sort of faded away with no resolution. I recall some theory about the carpet mat coming loose and jamming the throttle pedal, but to the best of my recollection that was never proved and remained a "could have been".
Engineers are very, very aware of the potential risk of cruise control failing in such a way as to hold the throttle wide open. Extensive failure analysis and modelling is performed, and layers of fail-safe are built in. Of course, it is impossible to guarantee that no failure will ever happen, but it is beyond extremely unlikely.