>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_re_us/us_toyota_recalls
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>>Why didn't they just talk to Woz? Sounds like he has a repro...
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>>http://gizmodo.com/#!5462004/steve-wozniak-explains-that-faulty-software-caused-his-car-troubles
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>Dunno regarding this -- was reading thread on a message board elsewhere where Woz apparently explained how he ran into the problem. It seems that he was repeatedly hitting the accelerate button on the cruise control (usually this increments the speed by a set amount), and since the car didn't seem to respond, he kept pressing it -- before he knew it the car was "unexpectedly". accelerating up to 80mph.

In electronic terms, this is a case of User Shorted to Ground.