I think the coverup or moral dilution at GM stands to be pretty damn awful.
engineering a failure situation and not playing out how it's most dangerous scenarios might end is pretty bad. I don't think anyone would drive a car over 20 mph if they knew it would shut off and literally have to "cope" with the stress and impending accident and hope to manually steer the car to safety.
I'm shocked you don't hold manufacturers to a higher standard.
It's not sarcasm, I'm just very surprised that everyone's opinion is so one-sided about this.
I think if you put yourself in the engineer's position, he probably didn't believe that having a switch that was a bit easier to turn would lead to anything more than mild inconvenience.
I think if GM honestly thought this would cause even one death they would have changed the lock barrels. Even if you ignore the human side, the potential costs damages from something like this would totally outweigh the cost of changing them.
I think the coverup or moral dilution at GM stands to be pretty damn awful.
engineering a failure situation and not playing out how it's most dangerous scenarios might end is pretty bad. I don't think anyone would drive a car over 20 mph if they knew it would shut off and literally have to "cope" with the stress and impending accident and hope to manually steer the car to safety.
I'm shocked you don't hold manufacturers to a higher standard.