> Software powers all manners of our gasoline vehicles and the various traffic signals we encounter.
The automotive sector has its own complex procedures and policies in place for working on vehicular control software. You and I would likely not even be able to land an interview for an automotive firmware design position without prior experience and/or certification.
In many cases, there are entire programming standards that dictate how such systems need to be written.
In other words, the software that runs inside your vehicle is nothing like the software powering our favorite websites.
> It powers many hygiene products and kitchen utilities.
The chance of a kitchen appliance endangering a human is much lower than a car going haywire or a doctor making a mistake due to inadequate training.
