[mapcars]

>that turns this from a very serious concern to a much smaller one.

Not really, this means there is a whole bunch of cars like this already in the wild and people being unaware of this.

[moccachino]

That is true, but if it's a 2002 model and this first happened now, I perceived it to be a low-probability event.

I don't mean to downplay the seriousness of this bug, I'm just saying it doesn't have as catastrophic implications as it would if this happened in a state-of-the-art Tesla.

[on_and_off]

I think that gp is being ironic since the event they described actually happened.

[londons_explore]

I don't really see any way the remote start could have triggered the car moving... Unless perhaps the car was in gear?

I would guess this car has had some kind of aftermarket fiddling...

[celticmusic]

It has to be more than that unless you're willing to hold the bystanders who tried to help criminally responsible.

They pushed the car away from the kid, did they just let it roll back up on him? I doubt it, it's more likely the vehicle was in gear.