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This shows how engineers can think sudden acceleration is driver error while not actually being driver error!

Real accelerator pedal sensor data from the log file of a Tesla S sudden acceleration incident has been
provided. After giving an explanation for how the data was obtained from the two accelerator pedal
position sensors, the data was examined. It was concluded that changes in the accelerator pedal sensor
output caused the sudden acceleration. The alternating peaks and valleys in the accelerator pedal sensor
data appeared to show that the driver was stabbing at the accelerator pedal. This led Tesla engineers to
conclude that the driver was the cause of the sudden acceleration. But the four valleys indicating that the
accelerator pedal was released had a duration of one exactly second accurate to 0.1 second. This accuracy
in the duration of four successive pedal release times could not have been caused by a human driver.

https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Teslas-Sudden-Acceleration-Log-Data-What-It-Shows.pdf