Toyota Settles Unintended Acceleration Lawsuit After Jury Finds Reckless Disregard in Software Defects
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Summary
The article examines Toyota's settlement of an unintended acceleration lawsuit after an Oklahoma jury found the automaker acted with 'reckless disregard.' The case centered on expert testimony revealing Toyota's software engineering process and source code for the 2005 Camry were dangerously defective, riddled with bugs and gaps in failsafes that caused the crash. The article details how the software was described as 'spaghetti code' with poor design and inadequate safety measures.
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The testimony of two plaintiff's experts in software design and the design process gives some eye-popping clues
After reviewing Toyota's software engineering process and the source code for the 2005 Toyota Camry, both concluded that the system was defective and dangerous
The system was riddled with bugs and gaps in its failsafes that led to the root cause of the crash
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