Tag: car safety
Waymo Gets Scientific: “Not All Miles Are Equal”
Most of us would like to really know how much safer (or not) various robotaxis are than human drivers, and in particular how much safer (or not) they are than the human drivers they’re replacing. Tesla puts out these very generic safety statistics that are by and large useless because … [continued]
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The Hidden Lever: A PSA & What Tesla’s Door Handles Reveal About Its Safety Culture
I’m in Teslas regularly these days. Vancouver’s rideshare ecosystem has quietly standardized around them. Open the Uber app, call a ride, and odds are good a Model 3 or Model Y slides up to the curb. I don’t own a car, so my view of these machines is almost entirely … [continued]
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Car Blindspots Keep Getting Bigger & Bigger
It’s no surprise — when you look at how vehicles keep getting bigger and bigger, it can’t come as a shock that blindspots have been getting bigger. And, yes, that’s exactly what a new study from the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) tells us. “The drivers of America’s most … [continued]
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Waymo Robotaxi Stops for Kids Chasing Dogs Chasing Ball into Street
I wrote about Waymo’s expansion into more of California earlier today. It is bringing its robotaxi service to a lot more of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and the Los Angeles metro area. Then, though, as I was scrolling through Waymo’s X/Twitter feed (where the company exclusively posts a lot … [continued]
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Car Bonnets Becoming Half Centimetre Higher Every Year, Driving Road Safety Fears — Study
Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find. The bonnet height of new cars in Europe is increasing by half a centimetre a year, on average, driven by the growth in SUV sales, new research finds. The trend is part of the recent phenomenon … [continued]
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