Ike: We can't put everybody in a car or truck and say, no, aren't you convinced? I think the real proof will be when there are instances, and how kind of the public reacts. And i think this is where we need to start talking about these things in a much more deliberate way.
Safety is one of the words that comes up most often in discussions about autonomous vehicles, but not many people really understand what the word even means in this complex context. Nat Beuse, VP of Safety at Aurora not only has "the s word" in his job title, its a topic he's thought about and worked on for decades. He joins this week's show for a wide-ranging discussion of safety, public trust, and autonomous vehicles.