There Auto Be A Law

Cruise runs out of juice and car jackers need to check the backseat


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GM finally listened to us and/or did some basic math and realized that GM Cruise was a dumpster fire that needed to be extinguished. Imagine what they could have done with the $10 Billion they squandered.

A recent AAA survey covers risky driver behaviors and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's findings that vehicle height increases pedestrian injury severity. Consumer Reports' reliability and owner satisfaction surveys show that Rivians are unreliable but make their owners happy. And troubling statistics from Kids in Car Safety about cars stolen with children inside.

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Links

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/10/gm-cruise-scraps-robotaxi/
  • https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicle-height-compounds-dangers-of-speed-for-pedestrians
  • https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/12/the-deadly-trio-on-u-s-roads-speeding-distractions-and-aggression/
  • https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars-a7824554938/
  • https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/most-and-least-liked-car-brands-a1291429338/
  • https://www.msn.com/en-za/technology/tech-companies/family-blames-elon-musk-for-son-s-death-while-driving-tesla-in-autopilot-mode/ar-AA1vuKNH
  • https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/general/nearly-a-dozen-cars-stolen-with-kids-left-inside-over-thanksgiving-car-safety-group-warns/ar-AA1vlNw0
  • https://jalopnik.com/missouri-has-the-most-dangerous-traffic-laws-in-the-u-s-1851715759
  • https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V896-3848.PDF
  • https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V900-4741.PDF
  • https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V898-1694.PDF
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