If automobile technology were like computers?

Question

If automobile technology were like computers we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash...twice a day.

2. Everytime they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the interstate for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single warning light saying "This Car has Performed an Illegal Operation".

5. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

6. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

7. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

Answer 1

If Microsoft designed the computer software in cars, we would see the following headline on a daily basis:

COMPUTER CRASH KILLS 30,000!!!