http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35347348/ns/business-autos/

Basic car functions are getting unnecessarily complicated.

1) Lexus and some models, to shut off the engine you hold the start button for 3 seconds. Not something I would have thought off when careening uncontrollably down the street.

2) In some cars, the accelerator is not mechanical trigger, but electronic (called fly by wire). So if there is any problem, software wise or just the spring that keeps it up fails, the car will keep accelerating.