The Cloak of Safety, My Fellow Testla Owners

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"My fellow testla owners would claim to put the cloak of safety on to auto pilot and f est beta," he says. "What i see in reality is what they're afraid of, the cornico banning of auto pilot." He adds that tesslas enables these behaviors more than any other car he's driven.

Tesla's confrontation with US auto safety regulators continues to ratchet up, as the automaker pulled a stealth OTA recall of an Autopilot issue that was under active NHTSA investigation. Meanwhile, the respected and outspoken critic of Autopilot safety (among many other topics) Missy Cummings was announced as special safety advisor to NHTSA, prompting an online harassment campaign by Tesla fans. The gang sorts through these developments, while leaving a little time for Alex to report on the annual Self Racing Cars trackday and for Ed to share an NTSB job listing.