Abysmal. The watchdog is fast asleep.
Software tasks that were supposed to save peoples' lives stopped working.
And the watchdog was asleep, or had not been properly trained, so he just did not detect that.
Barr, again on the stand in Bookout:
When asked when a locked-up state of UA would end when the driver had the foot on the brake and never let off the brake, Toyota's expert Mr. Arora answered "it depends on how much fuel you have."