Interesting coincidence, I was just thinking about that crash and the reason for it after my Chevy truck had a wiring harness go bad in the front axle.
55 mph and accelerating on a busy road when my speedometer just dropped to zero. The d*mn thing went into 1st gear, my anti-lock brakes started screwing up and I almost caused an accident. Having all those systems tied into each other like that made it far worse than it should have been and I had no way to correct any of it.
Made me think of the reason for that crash as I limped home in 1st gear.
It seems both you and AF449 were victims of cascading errors/failures that are rarely considered even remotely possible by design engineers. Probably because it never happened to them...
Re your post #7:
Chevy, the heartbeat of America. Will you stick with the brand for your next vehicle?
Glad you got home OK. What make of vehicle out of curiosity?