Company needs to be transparent about safety, says Ray. Safety engineers are not very like public facing in what they do. Companies need a system that makes sure employees feel empowered to speak up. Teigh: "People actually see it as part of journey to get there"
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.