Picture this. A driver is going down the highway with the cruise control on. As the vehicle approaches stopped traffic ahead, the driver presses on the brake pedal to slow down. Instead of coming to a stop, the vehicle accelerates aggressively, causing the driver to swerve off to avoid the vehicle ahead and resulting in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
The driver insists that the brakes malfunctioned.
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