There Auto Be A Law

Special Guest Janette Fennell discusses how her experience being kidnapped and locked into the trunk of her car led to her starting a non-profit that led to the Federal requirement for a trunk release cable. We also discuss the need for better systems to protect children from frontovers, backovers and being accidentally left inside cars.Check out Janette's organization at: kidsandcars.orgGene Weingarten Pulitzer Prize winning article:https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

Self certified autonomous vehicles? American are obsessed with pickup trucks... to use at the Piggly Wiggly? We release the Automated Vehicle Bill of Rights.. draft 1.Links we mentioned:https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/https://www.autosafety.org/av-bill-of-rights/https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-historyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/02/13/highway-road-sign-messages-jokes/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/business/missy-cummings-tesla-autopilot.htmlhttps://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-says-upgrading-autopilot-hardware-on-older-te-1850041340https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/toyota-siennas-seat-belt-reminders-stand-out-among-minivanshttps://www.theverge.com/23591501/gmc-hummer-ev-review-photos-specs-price

We are joined by Hadley, MA police Chief Michael Mason to discuss AV's (autonomous vehicles) and other auto safety related issues. It's a good one.

EV Hummers, Goodyear tire investigation, Kia/Hyundai's can't get insured, cities pushing back against AV's, recall roundup and the Tao of Fred.

This week we are joined by Deb Prince. She is the chairperson of the UL 4600 group and program at Underwriters Laboratories.As astute listeners will remember UL 4600 is the Standard for Safety for the Evaluation of Autonomous Products such as automated cars. Those Waymo and GM Cruise things that keep us entertained. If you want to be well informed like Fred you <a href="https://www.shopulstandards.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=UL4600_2_S_20220315">can get a copy here of UL 4600 online</a>.Want to learn more about deer strikes? Read the Washington Post article, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/20/deer-car-collisions/">Fear the deer: Crash data illuminates America’s deadliest animal</a>.

A 17 year old special guests tells us why he wants a motorcycle, Fred explains physics to him and explains airbags to us. Plus Tesla is full of self driving.

This week we are joined by Mike Wagner and Ben Lewis from Edge Case Research.They are working on making AV's safer and providing insurance to AV companies.

A Tesla survives a 250 cliff drop but still lies about full self driving, Anthony invents the car bidet, Fred explains exactly what that new car smell is and Michael has audio problems. Plus recall roundup

For the end of the year Michael Brooks runs down his list of new year resolutions... for others. In the new year we hope NHTSA becomes stronger, Tesla gets a new CEO, AV companies stop with the BS and Lucid learns to make a car.It's not too late to make a tax deductible contribution.

Child labor at Hyundai, more Waymo and Cruise teenage years, Tesla forces arbitration on it's customers, Fred explains Santa, synthetic gasoline and the Recall Roundup.