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Podcast Archive
Our podcast discusses 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 industry.
Automatic Emergency Braking and Tesla continues to disappoint
NHTSA has finally released a rule for Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB). We’ve been asking for one since 2015 so… 3 cheers for NHTSA? But the rules don’t go into effect until 2029. Ugh. On the plus side IIHS updated their AEB tests and car makers have a lot of work to do. We dive deep…
Trust, but regulate
The autonomous vehicle industry has their own PR team that is trying to compete with our Consumer Autonomous Vehicle Bill of Rights. It’s a bunch of hogwash that they regurgitate every few years. A few Senators that can see through this have written a nice letter to NHTSA telling them to regulate AV’s, British Columbia…
Road diets and bad Tesla
Could your road go on a diet? Maybe it should as it could make it safer. Did you spend too much money on a stainless tank and are now suffering from unintended acceleration? Contact Tesla and ask if you’ve been Cyber Trucked. Turbo roundabouts, bad Tesla software updates, daylight savings time and car crashes an…
Tesla and stunning negligence
Tesla settles an Autopilot case before the trial starts which makes sense since Elon said they never fight true claims. Another Telsa case involving a 2 year old that managed to start the car and crash into his mom has begun, and Elon says that his robotaxis will be announced real soon. Our expert opinion…
Back seat safety with Dr. Emily Thomas
This week Dr. Emily Thomas from Consumer Reports joins us to discuss backseat safety. Did you know that there is technology to remind you not to leave your kids in the car? And it’s not standardized or required, Dr. Thomas walks us through the tech, the safety of car seats and how Consumer Reports conducts…
Dash Cam Time Sink
Oh the joys of dash cams… remember just because you’re the one filming doesn’t mean that you’re not int he wrong. Should you get one? Listen and find out. GM stops selling your data, Elon forces everyone to experience FSD, the solar eclipse might lead to more crashes, and New Jersey is trying to exempt…
Odometer rollback and automated driving fail
Apparently, if one were so inclined you could replace or reprogram your digital odometer fairly easily because security is not something that is built into car software. How was that for a sentence? 3 adverbs at once. Ouch. Know what else hurts? Drowsy driving. It’s under-reported and dangerous. Autonomous driving modes also seem to be…
0 to 60 to outrun your insecurities
Know the difference between laminated glass and tempered glass? Did you know that a laminated glass breaking tool for sale online will not actually break laminated glass? I answered no to both of these questions so it’s a good thing I listened to this episode. Plus some cars are tracking your ever move and then…
Pushing buttons
Touch screen or physical buttons that go click? This is the new Pepsi challenge. Where are you? Odds are if you are here then you like the buttons. So do we. This week we start off with a story about how the Europeans are going to ding manufacturers for hiding features behind a touch screen.…