[Nita Nupress]

Interesting information. If a car has an onboard computer system, it can also be victimized by ‘war drivers’ using a laptop with certain hacking software. (That may be the same thing you’re saying?)

I have often wondered about Toyota’s issues with gas pedals. Do you know if their throttle and fuel supply is connected electronically like that? I’ve wondered if it was possible for them to be blackmailed by a nation state that is capable of using sophisticated methods involving satellite and the car’s GPS coordinates. .... “Give us what we want or we will cause ALL of your cars to malfunction and crash and kill people.”

[okie01]

I have often wondered about Toyota’s issues with gas pedals.

Red herring.

Quietly, it was eventually disclosed by the NTSB that Toyota's problem with accelerator pedals was operator error -- abetted by mass hysteria.

There was, in fact, no mechanical (or electronic) problem.

[kitchen]

To the first part, yes, more or less. To the second, sorry I don't know about Toys. And the third, they'll never get me; my oldest car is 47 years old and the newest 23.