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On 28/03/18 02:21, Jere wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 2:32:32 PM UTC-4, Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote:
>>
>> In the end I'm not sure where I want to go with this post. It's simply
>> that I find the topic very interesting. If anyone with actual knowledge
>> on the status of automotive software certification (or any informed
>> ideas) would share some thoughts I'll be eager to read.
>>
>> Álex.
> 
> This is quite a bit tangential, but here is a blog post from an expert
> who viewed Toyota's code for one of the unintended acceleration cases.
> He was called as an expert witness and had some pretty interesting experience
> with it.

In fact I had read some of these, but not all of them, thanks!

Incidentally, thanks everybody for chiming in. I have now a clearer idea 
of the situation. I guess that it's going to be a long road to autonomous 
cars, paved with lucrative lawsuits.

Álex.

> 
> most recent blog post:
> https://embeddedgurus.com/barr-code/2013/10/an-update-on-toyota-and-unintended-acceleration/
> 
> older blog posts on the topic:
> https://embeddedgurus.com/barr-code/2011/03/unintended-acceleration-and-other-embedded-software-bugs/
> https://embeddedgurus.com/barr-code/2011/03/what-nhtsanasa-didnt-consider-re-toyotas-firmware/
> 
> redacted jury slides:
> http://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/BarrSlides_FINAL_SCRUBBED.pdf
> 
> testimony transcript:
> http://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/Bookout_v_Toyota_Barr_REDACTED.pdf
> 
> I thought you might be interested.  It isn't about autonomous vehicles, but
> it gives a minimum baseline possibly.
>