Sorry Michael to catch you up to current times, but new cars gas pedals are connected to a digital sensor, not a cable. There is no wirey digerydoo that connects to the butterflies or a throttle plate. It is all electronics and motors. Actually insofar as that goes, it isn't even that any more. It's this crazy stuff called direct injection where it just puts the gas right in the cylinder beside the spark plug. The gas pedal is just there because that is what we know. It could be a bluetooth app on your phone for all the car cares. Neat, huh? New power steering is also electric. So you turn your big old fashioned wheel, and your tires turn because a circuit told it to. Wanna have some fun? Hack your neighbors car. Make it turn left instead of right, or brake out of the blue. Oops, too much information.
Yes. Frighteningly, it is as simple as pressing a button, and then letting the automatic lights, heated seats, heated steering wheel, seat belt reminders, TPMS sensors, traction control, stability control, automatic transmission, lane assist, adaptive cruise, automatic and anti-lock braking systems do their thing as the GPS tells you where to steer, while you swear at Apple car play or Android auto to play the goddamn song you want to hear or better yet, phone your friend to chat for an hour.
No offense intended to your daughter because it sure isn't just kids who do this.