Toyota + Drive-By-Wire = bad idea?

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Originally Posted by goof2

You are using a crash that happened over 20 years ago as evidence? It also doesn't make much sense when you consider the A320 series (fly-by-wire) has a better record with their controls than the 737 (not fly-by-wire) it competes with. The 737s rudder problems resulted in several crashes.

You usually have multiple layers of redundancy built in to make sure that any damage or failures can quickly be compensated for by switching to another control line. Where as with mechanical, if something breaks it stops working unless you have a back up system in place.

It's hard to say though, both have their advantages and disadvantages. Just so happens that Toyota's mistake will shed a bad light on electronic control systems doing your job for you.