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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.shopulstan...

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.

Lexus and Hyundai are into fake shift, IIHS updates their crash test for EV's and back seat safety, Michael and Fred suggest that infrastructure can make us safer, people get high in order to drive drunk, another Takata death and recall roundup. Please support us if you can.

Beth Osyk expert in autonomous vehicles join us this week... to disappoint Anthony and let him know self driving cars are not coming soon. Plus recall roundup. Donate

Full Self Driving is not a thing. Don't believe that it is. If you've paid for such a thing please please please keep remain an active and engaged driver. You could save your own life as well as those of others around you. Takata airbags are still in millions of vehicles. Go to our Vehicle Safety Check and see if your car has a recall. Plus Fred explains "dinosaur chips" and Roundup Recall. And pl...

We're off this week because of the holiday. Be safe traveling on the roads and enjoy this episode where delve into black boxes in cars. If you can, please support us.

Grown man volunteers to beta test "self driving car", supercruise expands, driver monitoring explained, AEB works, recall roundup covers more rear view camera issues, car lights too bright, another bus accident where seat-belts are not required and when it comes to full self driving who's at fault, the person or the car? autosafety.org/donate

Immobilizers! Not required but a really good idea. Why can't it be a camera instead of a mirror? The car obesity race... more weight equals bigger crashes. Good use case for autonomous vehicles and self driving semi's. Fred explains voltage, current and power by having Anthony stand underneath Niagara Falls. autosafety.org/donate

Tesla gets investigated by the DOJ. Does NHTSA consider autopilot a defect? For our .001% listeners there is an important recall of your Lamborghini SUV. Fred updates on sarin in EV fires and explains SAE. Plus listener mail. www.autosafety.org/donate

Potential regulation for big hoods and grills, speed limiting technology, Florida Man and salt bridges update, too many people ignore school bus stop signs, the Tao of Fred and listener mail. Be sure to tell your friends and support us.

California approves digital license plates, automated driving deaths increase, what's going on with Automatic Emergency Braking and Sensor Fusion (not a prog rock band). Plus we'd really love it if NHTSA started some regulations around AEB, automated driving and well, any auto tech from the last 20 years. Help us continue and become a supporter.

Regulations encourage manufacturers to build bigger cars, Michael coins his own acronym, iPhones get car sick on roller coasters, the media blows the Rivian recall out of proportion, Fred explores the energy and cost efficiency of EV's vs. ICE and Florida man makes wild claim about EV's and hurricanes. Visit autosafety.org/donate

Is AI, artificial intelligence, the future of a safe automobiles or a bunch of marketing mumbo jumbo. Plus leaks dominate this weeks Recall Roundup.

Michael's life of getting caught speeding as a 15 year old led him to become Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety Autonomadness - a new segment about the madness of self driving cars. This week GM Cruise can't cruise. Self driving vehicles and their existential crisis's. Recall Roundup discusses a software update that disables your speedometer and more. In the Tao of Fred , Fred channe...

AV expert and Carnegie Mellon professor Phil Koopman joins us to discuss his new book, " How Safe Is Safe Enough?: Measuring and Predicting Autonomous Vehicle Safety " Plus the Tao of Fred enlightens us, and puts Anthony to sleep, explaining Minimal Risk Condition.

Why sell cars that can go 130mph? Because you never know when you'll need to race away from a forest fire while being chased by a wolf. NHTSA releases their cybersecurity report which has no teeth and lacks flavor. Plus recall round and Fred's felonies.

Anthony auditions for Andy Rooney's old job, Michael explains how airbags need to be folded correctly and Fred explains how ADS is not ADAS. Plus level 4 cars don't exist but GM Cruise and Waymo are maybe, sort of, kind of level 4 and motorcycles are not crash tested.

Fred makes some assumptions about how Anthony acquired a drivers license, we follow up on V2X in NY, self driving vehicles should be required to take a road test, recall roundup and more.

Did the pandemic make drivers more reckless? Getting the finger because 70mph is too slow, Do you like the thrill of imminent death? Try full self driving. These topics and more along with listener mail.

The dangers and benefits of over the air software updates, regression testing, Tesla's crashing into emergency vehicles and listener mail.

Fred explains how the nanny state and the viscosity of brake fluid are conspiring against us. Then we have an intelligent discussion about event data recorders (aka black boxes) in our cars. Tell us your thoughts on black boxes in cars.