2023: Year In Review
2023 was a busy year! Here is a list of my presentations, podcasts, and formal publications from 2023 in case...
car safety
Social vs. Interpersonal Trust and AV Safety
Bruce Schneier has written a thought-provoking piece covering the social fabric vs. human behaviors aspects of trust. Just like "safety,"...
Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes
The company’s acknowledgment in the notice that safeguards around its Autosteer feature “may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse”...
Austin Tesla owners start getting Autopilot recall updates
“They are drilling down on exactly where and under what conditions the technology can be used. Only on controlled-access highways...
TravelSmarter Booster Seat Review
(Last Updated On: December 14, 2023)Safe Traffic System TravelSmarter booster seatOur friends at Safe Traffic Systems are industry leaders when...
Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck
“Just like Elon says — If you have an argument with another car, you will win — so long as...
Tesla recalls nearly all U.S. vehicles to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot after investigation into deadly crashes
Koopman and Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, contend that crashing into emergency vehicles is...
Tesla Critics Say the Autopilot Recall Fixes Don’t Go Far Enough
“…There don’t appear to be any answers or fixes relating to the system’s repeated failures to detect and respond to...
‘I was terrified’: Car goes up in flames in driveway even after recall repair was done
“It’s somewhat unacceptable, you know, they did everything right, they went and got the recall repair when they were supposed...
Safety professionals weigh in on Tesla’s Cybertruck
Michael Brooks, the Center for Auto Safety’s executive director, told Repairer Driven News that the Cybertruck poses numerous possible threats...
