Senator Barbara Boxer has posted an online guide to earthquake preparedness. I like the fact that she is trying to help people prepare for disaster, but I find it curious that she does not point people to the FEMA pages, or use the same content with localized additions. FEMA has about 45 states classified as … Continue reading Boxer on Earthquakes
An uptick in reports of Tesla crashing head-on into wrong-way drivers may indicate a serious vulnerability in its AI. At least two tragic cases (Sept 10 and 18) are followed now by one a few days later. News reports say the huge wide open multi-lane bridge was mostly empty except for one car going the … Continue reading Another Tesla in Wrong-way Crash: Highlighting Dangerous AI Safety Flaw
As I’ve said since forever, VW was a much easier target for America than America was. Dropping a regulator hammer on the Berkeley Professors and Marin Dairy Farmers driving a diesel VW station wagon is like a walk in the park. Sure, VW got raked over the coals and there was serious fall-out in Germany … Continue reading American Diesel Cheaters Acting Like VW Never Happened, Hit With Measly $10M Fine
Another day, another report of a NJ Tesla abruptly leaving the road and killing its occupants. David Dryerman, 54, of Woodcliff Lake, was heading north in a Tesla Model S when the vehicle ran off the road to the left, struck a sign, struck a guardrail and a concrete bridge support just before midnight at … Continue reading NJ Tesla Kills Teen and Her Parents in “Veered” Crash