A comment I saw on the same forum, but further down.. a little OT for the current topic, but I think very accurate and says a lot:

Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys
Great writeup. I pieced that whole thing together from various places, I don’t understand why the media did not do what you did when it was first released. Controlling of information simply should now happen in the modern age.

This is why the media is losing out to everyday people reporting on the Internet.

The media could have informed the public on how to really shut the car off and to watch out for just trying to slow down the car when a run-away situation occurs.. but most of the media just played the emotional angle.