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de Center for Auto Safety
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Cyan Lights and Emerging Autonomy: Road to Safety or Detour?
Cyan Lights and Emerging Autonomy: Road to Safety or Detour?
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A discussion on auto safety issues and technological developments, in hopes of providing consumers and enthusiasts with a better understanding of modern vehicles, safety systems, and current issues in the auto industry.
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- Cyan Lights and Emerging Autonomy: Road to Safety or Detour? · 1 h 3 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 11This week we cover a proposed NHTSA rule for optional cyan exterior marker lamps to identify vehicles operating in autonomous mode and broader updates to lighting standards…
- Tesla's safety claims under scrutiny · 60 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 10A DOT push to purge “woke safety” removes guidance on bike lanes, road diets, speed cameras, and pedestrian/bike info, while debate erupts over measuring deaths per capita vs per…
- The Cult of Safety: Waymo's Autonomous Vehicle Claims · 1 h 4 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 9Crash-avoidance tests show cargo vans and heavy-duty pickups lag on automatic emergency braking—some can’t reliably detect a child dummy—highlighting gaps for vehicles over…
- Fact-Checking the Future: Tesla FSD, AV Coalitions, and Safety Standards · 1 h 3 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 8A correction kicks off: the “A2Send” coalition (AV industry members plus VTTI) is framed as a red-tape-cutting push that really means fewer safety rules. Tesla is criticized for…
- Limitations of Robotaxi Safety Claims with Phil Koopman · 1 h 3 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 7A deep dive into why “AVs are safer than humans” headlines are shaky: safety studies often ignore changing software, remote-operator roles, empty-vehicle miles that reduce…
- Autonomous Vehicle Hotlines Fail · 1 h 2 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 6A driverless car wanders through a Denver farmers market, and authorities admit there’s no clear way to ticket an empty vehicle. Maybe a Geofence Notice Specification would help?…
- America needs fat dummies · 1 h 5 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 5Federal crash tests still rely on a 5’9”, 170‑lb male dummy, leaving heavier, taller, older, and many female body types underrepresented while better (but pricier) sensor-rich…
- Cybercab Chaos · 1 h 0 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 4This week we're joined by former NASA engineer Chris Chamberlin to discuss oil changes. But first it's Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab rolls out while claiming…
- Exploding Sunroofs · 58 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 3We look at why sunroofs can shatter—debris, temperature swings, or defects—and why switching to laminated glass could worsen escape in a crash. Telematics data suggests cell…
- China: Leading in safety · 1 h 3 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 2China orders a 4.3 million-vehicle recall over hard-to-find manual door releases and plans to ban certain electronic door-handle designs by 2027, highlighting faster safety…
- Waymo is 5.5 times worse than a human driver · 1 h 12 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 1Privacy-troubled license-plate readers promise shorter data retention while still ripe for abuse, and “park outside” warnings highlight how always-on electronics can spark garage…
- Flock Cameras, Duct Tape and People are Safer than Waymo · 1 h 6 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 52A loose plastic body panel sparks a debate: glue is a hidden, warranty-voiding headache, while tape is visible and replaceable. Flock license-plate cameras—useful for stopping…
- Zoox and NHTSA sitting in a tree... · 1 h 9 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 51A sharp, skeptical rundown of how federal regulators are easing the path for autonomous vehicles—highlighting a Zoox exemption from key occupant-protection standards, a thinly…
- Navigating Autonomous Risks · 1 h 10 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 50Regulators are starting work on new car-door escape rules after reports of people trapped and killed in Teslas when electric latches fail, but the issue wasn’t treated as a…
- Emergency! Robotaxis in the Way. · 1 h 4 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 49Robotaxis rack up clashes with first responders in Austin, and the “training” offered is click-through PR. A critique argues autonomous-vehicle safety isn’t comparable to…
- Edge Cases with Phil Koopman · 58 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 48Phil Koopman is back. Federal regulators warned autonomous vehicle operators to fix dangerous interactions with first responders and promised meetings and recall pressure…
- Waymo's Firework Fiasco · 1 h 8 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 47Waymo has a rough July 4th in San Francisco: robotaxis roll over live fireworks, one catches fire, and a traffic jam forms with a long line of stalled vehicles; in another case…
- We don't need no stinkin' brake pedals · 1 h 4 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 46Regulators consider letting self-driving vehicles skip manual brake pedals—raising alarms about emergencies and unproven safety metrics. Tesla settles a deadly crash case as…
- Ford's Record Recall Marathon · 1 h 6 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 45A New York Times deep dive ties the rise of huge pickups and SUVs to pedestrian deaths, spotlighting poor visibility and high hoods that “punt” people into a run-over path, while…
- Cathie Wood: Fraud or Fool? · 54 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 44A roast of autonomous-vehicle hype calls out bold Tesla/robotaxi cost and safety claims as unsupported, then shifts to California’s proposed replacement-tire efficiency rules and…
