Drivers To Be Given Real-Time “Risk Scores” Using Embedded Telematic Surveillance Sensors
By MassPrivateI Gone are the days when insurance companies used race, sex and a person’s age to determine their auto insurance premiums. A new whitepaper…
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380,000 Kia Owners Told To “Park Outside” Due To Spontaneous Engine Fire Risk
By Tyler Durden Before there were over-the-air updates for everything, you’d just park the car further away from the house if it had the risk…
California’s DMV Has Issued Permits For Baidu To Begin Testing Driverless Vehicles
By Tyler Durden While Tesla allows any old random driver to act as a human beta tester for its “full self driving” (whatever that even means anymore),…
Gas Taxes May Soon Increase — Here’s Why That’s Especially Bad News for the Poor and Middle Class
By Hannah Cox I sold my car when I went to New York City in 2019, so I’m one of the rare individuals not impacted…
GM Recalling Nearly 840,000 Vehicles For Seat Belt Failures, Suspension Problems
By Tyler Durden Who would have though there would be a massive, suspension-related recall in December and it wouldn’t be from Tesla? General Motors announced…
Automakers Ask U.S. Dept of Transportation to Make It Easier to Deploy Autonomous Vehicles That Will Eliminate Jobs
By B.N. Frank Experts continue to warn that Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are NOT safe (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). For one thing – they…
New Testing Site for Autonomous Trucks Despite Accidents, Warnings, and Job Loss (Ohio)
By B.N. Frank Experts continue to warn that Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are NOT safe (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). There have been multiple reports…
San Diego Wants To Use Military Grade Drones To Catch Speeders
By MassPrivateI The Voice of San Diego recently revealed how the city of San Diego secretly considered using military grade drones to spy on motorists. …
Takata Airbag Replacements Are “Ticking Time Bombs” (Full Measure)
By B.N. Frank If you’re one of the tens of millions of car owners whose Takata airbags were recalled and replaced, some insist that the…
UK Announces “Green Industrial Revolution” With Ban On Gas Cars
By John Vibes While a “Green New Deal” is perceived as a fringe idea in US politics, the UK government is moving forward with a…
House Bills Introduced by Ohio Rep Promote Transportation Tech That Experts Say Isn’t Safe. Stakeholders Applaud.
By B.N. Frank 5G proponents are often also proponents of other “Smart” Technology including Autonomous Vehicles (AV), Internet of Things (IoT), utility “Smart” Meters, etc….
Waze To Keep 7-Day Records Of Americans’ Driving Habits
By MassPrivateI Two weeks have passed since I warned everyone about Amazon drone deliveries being the biggest threat to our privacy that Americans have ever…
Flock Safety National License Plate Tracking Program Is Built On Fear
By MassPrivateI My heart sank when CNN reported that Flock Safety had created a national license plate tracking program. Flock Safety’s business model has been…
300,000 Job-Eliminating Driverless Trucks That Are Safer Than Drunk or Texting Humans
By B.N. Frank A study released earlier this summer reported that Automated Vehicles (AVs) are safer than drunk and/or sleep humans; however, they won’t prevent…