lets-retire
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I don't know, but I'm asking and "observing." With all of this fly by wire controls on modern cars what is the likelihood that the controls, like service brakes, gearshift, and ignition (for the most part) are fly by wire also? Isn't the E-brake required to be mechanical? I thought I had read somewhere that it was required that the brakes have enough power to stop a vehicle in case a runaway condition occurred. If the all of the systems are computer controlled and the computer "malfunctions" causing sudden acceleration, then it would make sense that the other systems might not function as designed, which is a good reason to have mechanical backup. The only way that can malfunction is to be physically broke.