Given your assertion, which I do agree with to an extent, what about non-injury causing accidents like those described in the article? Are those merely an annoyance? That lost resume could cost you a job that could have made you $100k/year and that small accident could ding a Bugatti Veyron.
The difference between an ABS system failing and software glitch is very different. The former is likely mechanical a failure to manufacture a part properly or install it to specification. A software glitch is very difficult to prove and there's no defined parameters as to what constitutes a negligent failure. Liability for previously unknown defects is far less than known defects, it's hard for a judge or jury to wrap their head(s) around what software developers should or should not have known about a software failure.