There Auto Be A Law
By Center for Auto Safety
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Description
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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Churning the Nonsense: The Waymo files
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Chameleon Carriers, "Slammers", Waymo and Tesla. Is there anywhere safe to drive?
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Automated Gullibility
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Speed cameras, AV regulations and Waymo fails
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Human in the loop and better dummies
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Arrest that computer driver!?!? With Phil Koopman.
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Waymo's People Problem
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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How AV companies are stalling—and not just their cars!
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Waymo's Failed U-turn: A Spin on an Emergency
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Sue the Computer?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Big Brother Doesn't Want to Watch You
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Great Debate: Automated Vehicles and Human Responsibility
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Suddenly Unavoidable, a AV PR story.
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Terms of Service - we read them so you don't have to.
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Auto Safety Isn't the Expensive Part
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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The time is now! Unless it's then.
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Moral Crumple Zones and the Magic of Autonomous Vehicles
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Your robo-taxi won't clean itself, close it's door or tell you the truth.
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Waymo's Woes, Tesla's Troubles and more auto safety news.
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Pin the tail on the Bullshit
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Waymo has the best PR
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Crash test dummy's, Congressional dummies and ohh look AI
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Re-run: Artificial Intelligence and Auto Safety with Phil Koopman – Part 2
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Autonomous Ambitions or Delusions?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Hands free? Not safe for thee.
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Ultimate Gaslight: Sudden Unintended Acceleration
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Are other drivers safe? Warning other road users about your distractions.
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Breaking the law... and the AV's that get away with it.
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Tesla Troubles and Secret The Communists Among Us
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Zoox, Drunk Driving tech and those pesky door handles
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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AV metrics and safety with Jeff Wishart
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Everything you wanted to know about rear view cameras
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Self driving trucks, Tesla's and trains and let's end arbitration
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Does your AV need a windsheild? And do you need shoes?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Tesla's data problem, rental car safety and police chases
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Subscribe to this podcast or subscribe to your car?
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Mike Nelson Returns: Unpacking Auto Safety Challenges
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Zoox, Tesla and Waymo. Oh my.
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Tesla lies, coverups and expanded nonsense
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Kissing Tesla's Butt and the end of the EPA
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Tesla on trial, Rollerskates and Robo Taxis
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Fatalities down, Elon lies and blind spots are a big problem
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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New NHTSA, same as the old NHTSA?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Artificial Intelligence and Auto Safety with Phil Koopman – Part 2
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Artificial Intelligence and Auto Safety with Phil Koopman - Part 1
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Volcano of Innovation
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Pollution is the new standard
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Big Beautiful Bill and why are AV's on the road?
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Lightning strikes, MPG and wrong turn signals
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May 22, 2025 |
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Robo-Taxi's and NHTSA asks Tesla some good questions
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May 15, 2025 |
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Jeff Wishart levels with us about safety
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May 08, 2025 |
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NHTSA, Jeff Bezos and Redundancy... again.
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May 01, 2025 |
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Tesla fails, congestion pricing wins.
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Tariffs, Tesla and Transit
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Distracted Driving Month and better safety tech
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Liberate you from safety!
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ask a Canadian with George Iny
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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AV's: An Attractive Nuisance
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Life in the fast lane... it's not great.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Tarrifs, Chinese AV regulations and road safety
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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What's the difference between Waymo and the Titanic?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Driving on Thin Ice: Musketeers vs. Safety Advocates
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Start your own robo-taxi company with Phil Koopman
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Phil Koopman, Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Tesla's hidden door handles
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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AEB works today, traffic cameras and a collander for your car?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Automakers resist safety, Tesla resists common sense
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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What is a safety? Waymo don't know.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Missy Cummings: Insights into Self-Driving Tech and Safety
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Waymo, Whistleblowers, and the Return of Bench Seats
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Cruise runs out of juice and car jackers need to check the backseat
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Partially Automated Failings and Remote Controlled Robo-Taxi's
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Top Ten Lists: Tesla Turkeys and NHSTA's last stand?
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Elon's Escape Room: Can You Get Out of a Flaming Tesla?
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The Chronicles of Auto-Infamy: Drowsy, Distracted, and a Dash of Rust
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Auto Safety in an Unregulated World and Headlights Too Bright
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Future Tech Debates: Safety, Automation, and Planned Obsolescence
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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From Helmets to Hydrogen, From Tesla to Waymo PR machinations
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Tesla: Autonomous Revolution, Illusion or Delusion?
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Robo Rides and Recall Realities
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Full Self Driving leads to Dangerous Complacency
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Driving Concerns: Chinese Software in American Cars
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Safety on Autopilot: The Pitfalls and Promises of Partial Automation
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Speed Limits, Safety Standards, and Autonomous Vehicles
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Big Cars, Bigger Problems and Driverless Dangers
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Data-driven Insights with QuantivRisk’s Mike Nelson
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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What's leaking under the hood? V2X, Recalls, and Safety.
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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The Great Parking Lot Honk-Off: Autonomous Cars Gone Wild
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Driving the Future: The Rocky Road of Autonomous Vehicles
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Rerun - Backseat safety with Dr. Emily Thomas of Consumer Reports
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Navigating the Future: Autonomous Cars, Safety Regulations, and Consumer Trust
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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A Dive into Automotive Safety with Dr. Jonathan Gitlin
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Robo-Taxis, Tesla Troubles, and the Path to Safer Roads
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Rerun: Self Driving Cars Explained
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The Battle Over Automatic Emergency Braking
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Road to Safety: Waymo Incidents and Dangerous Intersections
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Waymo Woes, Police Chases and Gaslighting
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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The South will crash again... and again
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Your mileage may vary
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May 30, 2024 |
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AI Hype Machine, Drunk AVs and Space Dogs
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May 23, 2024 |
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Technology readiness levels
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May 16, 2024 |
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There's no place like safety and the pucker factor
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May 09, 2024 |
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Automatic Emergency Braking and Tesla continues to disappoint
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May 02, 2024 |
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Trust, but regulate
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Road diets and bad Tesla
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Tesla and stunning negligence
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Backseat safety with Dr. Emily Thomas
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Dash Cam Time Sink
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Odometer rollback and automated driving fail
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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0 to 60 to outrun your insecurities
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Pushing buttons
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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How do I drive this rental car? Plus FSD fail and how hybrid's work.
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Part 2 with Philip Koopman and William H. Widen
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Part 1 with Philip Koopman and William H. Widen
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Self driving cars explained
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Do neural networks get distracted?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Speed thrills and speed kills
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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A smorgasbord of safety
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Auto Safety take on CES
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The decline of Tesla? And Happy New Year
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Is Waymo better than a human?
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Inactionable corporate puffery
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Dr. Jeffrey Wishart and the trough of disillusionment
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Airbags are good, lack of regulations are bad
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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A hippo on wheels is probably safer than a Cyber Truck
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Thanksgiving driving and goodbye to Kyle
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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More GM Cruise fails and we learn the word ablative
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Self Driving keeps flailing and the Cybertruck is still ugly
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Don't burn your butt and GM Cruise reverts to meat computers
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Self driving car? Humans now required.
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Self driving risk conditions
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Playing the odds with ARC airbags
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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A five foot comfort alligator
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Be your own safety driver and police chases
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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The Chinese forced labor problem
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Self Driving Semi's and your car is peeping on you
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Elon mode and more Kyle failures
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The micron metal hour
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Self driving into wet cement
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Beth Brooke puts dummies in their place
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Babysitting Self Driving Cars
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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We would like to cancel your visit.
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Safety equals Communism!
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Not a useful observation
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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I don't drive. I don't care about those things.
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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The Consumer AV Bill of Rights
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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All the torque
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Picking your nose while reading a book and driving a car.
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Total Bullshift or Anti-Geek-ite
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Automatic Emergency Braking and Mr. Bean
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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The Large Foot Persuasion
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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NCAP update, GM goes big, AM radio frightens Fred and Operation Cave Bear
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May 25, 2023 |
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The recall of 67 million airbag inflators
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May 18, 2023 |
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Right to Repair or pleasure to be charged
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May 11, 2023 |
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Stay dangerous and let Peaches drive
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May 04, 2023 |
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Almost everything you wanted to know about EV batteries
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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When you become the projectile with Marcy Edwards from IIHS
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Double Whammy
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Weight vs range and greedy, lazy auto companies
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Never crack the paint
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Your anti-BS station
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Name this Podcast... and dummies
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Loose Steering Wheels
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Proving Grounds
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Special Guest Janette Fennell
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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A thousand horsepower
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Autonomous Vehicles and the Law!
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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It'll all be better in the future
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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UL 4600
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Motorcyles are cool?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Edge Case Research
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Off a cliff with some new car smell
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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New Years Resolutions
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Brake check this episode!
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Too much fake shift
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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You down with ODD? With Beth Osyk
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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For $15,000 you can make everyone a test subject
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Episode 8 rerun - woe the Ferrari owners
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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My other car is a grenade
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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One man's swerve is another man's lane change
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Full Self Driving & Auto Pilot: What are things we call lies?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Lidar, Sonar, Radar no Klinger
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Giant googly eyes and safety me oh my's
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Big cars keep getting bigger
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Artifical Intelligence and a billion cow database
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Some enchanted episode and GM can't Cruise
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Automated Vehicle expert Phillip Koopman
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Fast cars, easy to steal cars and 'merica!
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Who's hailing driverless cabs?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ejection mitigation or inconsequential noncompliance
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Reckless pandemic driving
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Is it a car or a computer with wheels?
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Woe the Ferrari driver and black boxes in cars
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Rats ate my car! And the dangers of giant SUVs
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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AEB, this is not a system to rely on.
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Electro explosive subsystems
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Please wait while your car updates
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Levels of self driving cars and liability
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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What's a NHTSA and other acronyms explained.
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Cars on fire and maybe it's safer to walk
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Jun 22, 2022 |