"i worry about the impact of, you know, especially since so much of this is driven by capitalism," she says. "We have a long history in this country of auto makers insisting that the problem is human error." The idea that we'r going to make all our cars safer is tastes like gin and omelettes being made for gong rickety old ladies who can't walk or sit up on their own. And i think it's fascinating when they start, ironically, talking about automated vehicles which would allow them to deploy more easily.
Jessie Singer's new book There Are No Accidents has made a big splash in the road safety community and far beyond, by interrogating a word that makes most people nod and move on: "accident." On this week's episode, Singer joins Alex, Kirsten and Ed to discuss how she became fascinated with the word, the realities she discovered behind its bland façade, and what it all means.