A New York Times deep dive ties the rise of huge pickups and SUVs to pedestrian deaths, spotlighting poor visibility and high hoods that “punt” people into a run-over path, while lawmakers push the Pedestrian Protection Act to force tougher federal scrutiny and consumer ratings. Automakers deflect toward road design and hype pedestrian-braking tech even as industry fights related rules. A fatal high-speed Tesla crash raises questions about driver-assist overrides, data transparency, and whether automation breeds complacency. A peer-reviewed argument says “edge cases” are inevitable in AI cars because testing every failure combination is impossible. Meanwhile: Waymo recalls, GM revives autonomy ambitions, and Ford unleashes a blizzard of recalls—many fixing earlier failed fixes.

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• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html
• https://scanlon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2028
• https://gmauthority.com/blog/2026/06/increased-pickup-and-suv-size-blamed-for-rising-pedestrian-fatalities/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/tesla-autopilot-crash-texas.html
• https://electrek.co/2026/06/23/tesla-fsd-katy-crash-driver-pedal/
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-senators-ask-review-teslas-full-self-driving-safety-data-citing-reuters-2026-06-16/
• https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/waymo-says-it-built-a-better-benchmark-for-comparing-robotaxis-to-humans/
• https://thenextweb.com/news/gm-autonomous-driving-robotaxi-sterling-anderson-super-cruise
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2026/RCLRPT-26E035-7637.pdf
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/recalls/2026/06/20/car-recall-leaders-2026-ford-stellantis/90611355007/

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