Manufacturers of “driverless” vehicles apparently are soon to be held liable for crashes in the UK, not the owners. British motorists will “not be liable” if their self-driving vehicle crashes while they are behind the wheel, according to experts. Yousif Al-Ani, principal ADAS engineer at ‘automotive risk intelligence company Thatcham Research stressed a recent ruling … Continue reading New UK “Driverless” Law Says Car Owners Not Liable for Crashes→
Space is rapidly being cluttered with expensive orbiting garbage full of toxic chemicals, thanks to lack of environmental planning by SpaceX. The latest report, as forced by FCC regulations, is that SpaceX is a Titanic mistake, a catastrophic collision error at mass scale just waiting to happen. Satellites in SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation made nearly 50,000 … Continue reading FCC Report Exposes SpaceX Role in Satellite Collision Nightmare→
This is the huge buried election news lede, if you ask me: The Tories won the smallest number of seats since the Tory Party came into being in 1832, a truly staggering failure to drum up enthusiasm for any more Conservative rule. They hold just 121 seats, having lost 252 since the last general election, … Continue reading Tory Party Loses UK Election So Badly Ex-PM Doesn’t Even Have a Seat→
I’ve said it for years and I’ll say it again, electric vehicle charging should primarily be done with sockets. Make the owner of a car bring a cable. It’s basic electricity infrastructure design, and sockets are 100 years old, as old as electric cars. Reports like this AP hyperventilation one completely miss the point, that … Continue reading Outrageous Need for Outlets: Cable Thefts Sparked in America by Stupid Lack of Sockets→