Big Cars, Bigger Problems and Driverless Dangers

Finally, a congressional bill aimed at setting federal standards for hood height and visibility to protect pedestrians. Another failure of partial automation systems like Ford's Blue Cruise and Tesla's Autopilot. Anthony let's loose on the NY Times, Amazon is using bad tech to monitor it's drivers and the recalls galore.

This weeks links:

• https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5084276/pedestrian-protection-bill-bigger-cars-trucks
• https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/philadelphia-woman-driving-partially-automated-mustang-mach-charged-113359116
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/technology/waymo-expansion-alphabet.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/03/technology/zoox-self-driving-cars-remote-control.html
• https://jalopnik.com/amazon-bans-its-drivers-from-moving-their-own-lips-too-1851639312
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/23/vision-zero-dc-traffic-deaths/
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/29/opinion/ai-medicine-neurosurgery-robot-doctors/
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.07758
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V640-9001.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V635-5852.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24T009-4247.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RMISC-24V615-5182.pdf