This is why I get so damn angry when I see a modern day #pickup#truck or #SUV anywhere other than a farm or a construction site. And even then, there are safer options.
"The story of car bloat—the continually expanding size of the typical American automobile—is one of carmaker profit, shifting consumer preferences, and loophole-riddled auto regulations. It is also a story of hidden costs: to the planet, to taxpayers, and to the American families whose lives have been shattered by a crash that could have been avoided, or at least mitigated, with a smaller vehicle."
Cuz a lot of the shite done in the #USA is literally banned in the #EU for being dangerous to other traffic participants like pedestrians, cyclists, bikers and smaller/lighter vehicles... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
"Tesla .. recalling .. over 2m vehicles in .. United States fitted with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system to install new safeguards, .. system was open to “foreseeable misuse”.
.. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been investigating the electric automaker ..
.. update to 2.03m Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles .. dating back to .. 2012 model year,.."
The US NHTSA has issued a recall on every Tesla vehicle sold in the US with the Autopilot feature installed. Calling the feature a safety hazard as it can be too easily misused due to inadequate driver monitoring.
The safety recall requires Tesla to perform a software update on all affected vehicles that will force drivers to monitor the vehicle more closely.
No word if a similar recall will be made in Canada.
Tonight's loss of braincells brought to you by #NHTSA, who would like to remind you to not turn your car #airbag system into a claymore mine. #Transportation#Safety
NHTSA Gives Tesla Two Weeks To Show Its Work On Autopilot And FSD
In a letter dated July 3, NHTSA asks Tesla to describe all changes to the systems in the “design, material composition, manufacture, quality control, supply, function, or installation of the subject system, from the start of production to date.”
Follow Up for the @motoringpodcast News Show covers the surprise move by NHTSA telling car companies to ignore the right-to-repair laws, all the reasoning the FTC has previously rubbished.
Lots more discussed besides. Hope you enjoy this week's episode.
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For decades, federal #safety
regulators ignored credible scientific #research and failed to take simple steps to stop gruesome roadway crashes involving heavy #trucks.
As I have stated multiple time on this site, over multiple months now - the #NHTSA is an absolutely horrible #auto regulator that, frankly, has done tremendous, lasted damage to US #RoadwaySafety.
Roughly every four years, the #USDOT OIG issues the same report about the #NHTSA.
The NHTSA, the theoretical regulator for vehicle and highway safety in the US, is an unserious and stupid agency that no automaker takes seriously behind closed doors.
An interesting article here by @mimsical and I would recommend reading it.
I think it is a reasonable take on how, essentially, the regulatory landscape will look in the US and perhaps elsewhere.
That said, I have some notes.
Not so much on the article itself... but on my favorite punching bag, the #NHTSA.
For those that do not know, the NHTSA is the unserious, disinterested and effectively theoretical regulator in the US for vehicle and roadway safety. 🧵
It is like Groundhog Day, once again, at the US Department of Transportation.
Incredible.
Here we are again, Secretary #Buttigieg all but admitting that #Tesla's marketing strategies are deceptive and dangerous... but not leveraging the broad powers of the #NHTSA to do anything about it.
This has only been going on for nearly 10 years now...