Speed Limits, Safety Standards, and Autonomous Vehicles

We start off this week with California's proposed Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) bill, which aims to warn drivers exceeding speed limits by 10 mph. Next is NHTSA's new safety standards for pedestrian protection and other auto safety innovations. Then, we critique unrealistic claims about autonomous vehicles and highlight a recent investigation into Jeep vehicles catching fire.

This weeks links:

• https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/10/cars-drivers-speeding-regulations-technology/
• https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians
• https://electrek.co/2024/09/10/it-turns-out-cyclists-actually-should-roll-through-stop-signs-heres-why/
• https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/driverless-semis-could-be-months-away/
• https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/09/10/from-innovation-to-reality-how-autonomous-trucks-may-revolutionize-transportation-and-logistics/
• https://apnews.com/article/jeep-fire-investigation-wrangler-gladiator-e0e10724623de88fedcc9f9b7265eb20
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/car-safety-products-amazon_l_66db5dcde4b01c1d24fc1de2
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V653-8509.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V652-8636.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V643-5167.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V651-4313.PDF