The system combined fuel delivery, ignition, and emissions under the control of a central ECU. We take these features for granted today, but they were pretty advanced back in 1982.
Have you ever tried your luck at the roulette wheel or a carnival wheel of fortune game? You spin the wheel and hope for the best. But the wheel never seems to stop where you want it to, does it?
Every safety precaution we take on the ladder is based on our faith in the law. The penalties for disobeying the law of gravity will always be predictable, and will be executed with great speed.