“Even the most junior human driver knows to expect that people sometimes walk outside of crosswalks,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization. “When we have public road testing that has programming that essentially chooses to ignore the realities of how …
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“While they often get high scores on crash tests, Tesla’s focus on style over safety and features that push up stock prices rather than protecting occupants and others on the road continues to raise serious concerns,” Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in an e-mail …
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Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, told Automotive News in an interview that he’s concerned Tesla tried to “insulate themselves from liability” by including — in the software release notes — that Smart Summon is only intended for use in private parking lots and driveways. According to data …
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“Tesla’s continued use of the intentionally misleading and factually inaccurate term ‘full self-driving’ speaks to the company’s only concern: keeping their brand in the news and staying ahead of their next quarterly earnings report,” Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in an emailed statement to …
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In comments submitted to NHTSA last week, the center questioned the agency’s choice to “prioritize a potential roll back of important protections afforded by the current Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.” The center says rollbacks would “accommodate the introduction of vehicle technology that is in its infancy and quite likely …
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The Center for Auto Safety called on NHTSA to order Tesla to recall vehicles equipped with AutoPilot. “NTSB has done its job by thoroughly investigating this technology and this crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration must also now do its job and recall these vehicles,” the watchdog group said …
Read More »Safety advocates are urging the NHTSA to take its time in deliberating these changes. For example, the Center for Auto Safety “strongly question[s]” the NHTSA’s decision to prioritize these rule changes considering self-driving cars are still in their “infancy and quite likely decades away from widespread practical utility.” The federal …
Read More »It is hailed as the future of motoring, but cars controlling themselves may be having an adverse effect on people behind the wheel. New research has found that using a driverless car may make you a worse driver. A study was conducted earlier this year at the University of Nottingham …
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Asleep at the wheel? A Tesla driver appears to be dozing off on the highway while moving up to 70 MPH. @ReeveWill has the story. https://t.co/W1vUNMab63 pic.twitter.com/TWPiENYSpx — Good Morning America (@GMA) August 26, 2019 To learn more about our autonomous safety vehicle project, click here.
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