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SchwinnFeb 10th 2010 8:36AM

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Actually, it's called "drive-by-wire" or "throttle-by-wire" not "fly-by-wire"... today's Toyotas don't fly...

I have always been concerned with DBW/TBW systems for this very reason, though most cars don't have such problems (to date). Still, it makes me wonder - what's the failsafe state when the system fails? And why don't the Toyotas have this failsafe working?

A few people have mentioned that one of the failsafes should be that when the brake is pressed, throttle is turned off as well... apparently the manufacturers haven't thought of this already.

Still, that would suck for future drivers - trail braking and other such advanced maneuvers would be eliminated by such a system... but then again, our driving abilities have been consistently dumbed-down for years for the "greater good"... so sad.

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