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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.

Rats and rodents are eating the electrical wires in cars. Is it the soy based insulation? The spray from that sweet nectar anti-freeze? Or are rats always gonna rat? Additionally, we discuss the dangers of SUV frontover blind zones. It's a horrible design flaw that leads to injury and death that can be easily fixed.

Automatic Emergency Braking, another system without any standards but it's a good thing, phantom braking, never drive on the George Washington Bridge and Michael is the worst salesperson.

Do you suffer from pretensioner? Anthony learns about more "explosive" things in cars, Michael explains the absurdity of geographic recalls, Fred helps NHSTA and simultaneously creates the best band names.

This week we take on: Big Phone and how it's affecting vehicle safety; Car makers turning features into subscriptions; Cars being unregulated computers;

Level 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of self driving cars explained. European auto standards, Anthony complains about headlights and Michael reviews the podcast as being OK.

This week we break down the alphabet soup of auto safety and discuss the gender ratios of crash test dummies.

Welcome to the first episode of the Center for Auto Safety podcast. This week Anthony asks whether electric vehicles catch on fire more than ICE vehicles, Fred tells us that manufacturers can use anything in airbag propellants and Michael lets us know that there are little regulations around batteries. Gulp.