America is slowing down. How long before it stops entirely? Literally stops? A reader who is a commercial driver wrote to tell me about how his work vehicle is monitored and controlled via the safety tech that is coming soon to your garage and may already be there, just waiting to be fully enabled. His […]
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NMA Principle Number 7: Motorists’ rights that keep pace with technological advances
• April 19, 2019 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Breathalyzers, CELL PHONE, connected cars, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, Insurance Companies, Mass Transit, NMA, PRIVACY, Ridesharing, SAFETY, street furniture, Technology, Traffic Congestion, VISION ZERO
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
Stevie Behind the Wheel
I recently test drove a new car with an autopilot system. Turn on the cruise control and the car not only maintains whatever speed you set, it also steers itself through curves and keeps the car from wandering out of its lane. You are supposed to keep your hands on the wheel, of course. But […]
Vision Zero Invasion of the Car Itself: NMA E-Newsletter #532
March 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, BAC, BLACK BOX, BREATHALYZER, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, EDR, EVENT DATA RECORDER, GPS, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Speed Limits, TPMS, VISION ZERO
In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve a range of new vehicle safety standards initially proposed by the European […]
Uber Court Decision, Algorithmic Bias, and the Union of Glass and Metal
• March 10, 2019 • 0 Comments • ATW, Bicycle, DRIVERLESS CARS, Facial Recognition, Ridesharing, SAFETY, Scooters, Technology
Uber Court Decision This past week, Yavapai County, Arizona Judge Sheila Sullivan Polk declared that Uber has no criminal liability for the death of Tempe pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in March 2018. Herzberg was the first known pedestrian fatality of a driverless car. Walking her bike across a dark street outside of a crosswalk, Herzberg was […]
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