i see a lot of connections between the tempe arizona crash and the bowing seven 37 max crashes. In both cases, there were automated systems that required humans to monitor the technology like that was the set up. Researchers have found that we're really bad at watching a machine and making sure the machine doesn't screw up. What does work is when the machine watches us and helps us not screw up. The autonomiust technology could save far more lives, i think, than the pipe dream that we're chasing of correcting for all human error.
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.