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Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius

Posted by timothy on from the cool-story-to-tell-saint-peter dept.

t35t0r writes "CNN/Money/Tech reports that 2004 and early 2005 Toyota Prius models have software bugs that cause them to stall while traveling at highway speeds. While no accidents were reported to have been caused by the software glitch, could we be heading into an era where our automobiles will require software updates and fixes to keep them from literally 'crashing'?"

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  1. Bad use of technology by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just beacuse you can shove a computer into something doesnt make it the right thing to do.

    This is a great example. Ill stick with real cars.

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  2. Re:Failover by jdog1016 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And having said that, software that runs such systems should apparently be far more perfect than it is. To release such imperfect software to the public is irresponsible and unethical, and those programmers should probably lose their jobs.