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by luckydonald 492 days ago
The article says "[being implemented in motorcycles] would also create a host of reliability issues, considering motorcycles endure far more than cars do. On motorcycles, brake-by-wire would require a lot of redundancy and failsafes to make sure that the smallest malfunction wouldn't endanger the rider."

I don't see why that isn't the case for cars. Why don't cars require redundancy and failsafes?