The autonomous vehicle industry has their own PR team that is trying to compete with our Consumer Autonomous Vehicle Bill of Rights. It's a bunch of hogwash that they regurgitate every few years. A few Senators that can see through this have written a nice letter to NHTSA telling them to regulate AV's, British Columbia bans AV's and another Tesla driver makes the fatal mistake that his car is an AV and not lipstick on a pig. Fred gets into the dangers of AI through the story of mushrooms. Plus recall roundup that starts with a... Tesla.

This weeks links:

• https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/
• https://theavindustry.org/trust-principles
• https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-markey-blumenthal-lead-call-for-stronger-action-from-federal-regulator-on-autonomous-vehicle-safety-after-high-profile-crashes
• https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133448/autonomous-vehicles-adas-blumenthal-markey-nhtsa
• https://jalopnik.com/tesla-driver-who-trusted-autopilot-charged-with-killing-1851428652
• https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011
• https://www.thedrive.com/news/self-driving-cars-banned-in-british-columbia
• https://www.extremetech.com/cars/mercedes-becomes-first-automaker-to-sell-level-3-self-driving-direct-to
• https://www.citizen.org/article/mushroom-risk-ai-app-misinformation/
• https://www.ibm.com/topics/artificial-intelligence
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V276-7026.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V274-3413.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V275-7192.PDF
• https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/04/22/five-car-culture-euphemisms-we-need-to-stop-using

Could your road go on a diet? Maybe it should as it could make it safer. Did you spend too much money on a stainless tank and are now suffering from unintended acceleration? Contact Tesla and ask if you've been Cyber Trucked. Turbo roundabouts, bad Tesla software updates, daylight savings time and car crashes an update on the Consumer Autonomous Vehicle Bill of Rights and lots of recalls.

This weeks links:

• Support the Center for Auto Safety
• https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-hit-with-stop-sale-because-of-unintend-1851409651
• https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktoker-trapped-hot-car-tesla-locked-her-inside-software-update-2024-4
• https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/changing-the-clocks-helps-pedestrians-but-hurts-motorists
• https://www.governing.com/transportation/one-citys-quest-to-rein-in-reckless-driving
• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/turbo-roundabout-california-update-19404019.php
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V267-6161.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24E032-1614.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V255-4634.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V256-2391.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V257-2023.PDF
• https://www.autosafety.org/av-bill-of-rights/

Tesla settles an Autopilot case before the trial starts which makes sense since Elon said they never fight true claims. Another Telsa case involving a 2 year that managed to start the car and crash into his mom has begun and Elon says that his robotaxi's will be announced real soon. Our expert opinion is that Tesla won't produce a robo-taxi within the next 5 years. Don't get high and drive because it's dangerous and the sobriety checks are so poor that you might wind up in jail for a really long time even if you're sober. Fred covers reaction time and we cover some recalls. Enjoy.

This weeks links:

• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-fatal-autopilot-crash-trial-33936b42
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-2018-crash-tesla-s-autopilot-just-followed-the-lane-lines/ar-BB1ld85O
• https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/tesla-trial-company-sued-after-toddler-crashes-model-x-into-mom/
• https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-bet-robotaxis-is-long-way-paying-off-2024-04-05/
• https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2024/04/09/kentucky-governor-vetoes-allowing-avs-on-state-roads/
• https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/24/04/38134128/detection-of-cannabis-in-bodily-fluids-not-correlated-with-driving-impairment-new-review-shows
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28124573/
• https://phys.org/news/2017-01-guidelines-takeover-automated-vehicles.html
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V246-1564.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V240-9036.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V227-7296.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V214-7532.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V228-1895.PDF