I noticed a lot of great safety engineering analysis in this new investigation by the Los Angeles Times. …since 2021, at least 23 people have died in crashes involving Autopilot or Full Self-Driving systems. That tally comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which also reports 840 Autopilot/FSD-related crashes over the same period. […] … Continue reading Tesla “worst driver monitor system on market. Last place … useless”→
People have asked me lately if I’ve seen news footage of the giant symbol erected haphazardly atop Twitter headquarters in SF. Yes, yes, I tell them. I sometimes watch it getting destroyed by the U.S. Army just to cheer me up. Oh, they say they did Nazi that coming. Twitter’s ‘X’ sign is taken down … Continue reading Twitter’s “X” Design Based on Nazi Swastika→
In an otherwise fascinating read about changes in Charleston, I found the following paragraph… to be inconsistent and misleading. But it’s impossible to ignore for both white and Black Americans trying to grapple with the country’s original sin, whether they are descendants of enslaved people or those who enslaved them. False choice fallacy. Don’t forget … Continue reading Americans Increasingly Crave Slavery History, Yet They Miss a Crucial Detail→
For a long time now I’ve written here about Tesla’s failure to stop at red lights. Florida police seem to describe the problem like a traffic pandemic, due to sudden rise in Tesla crashes they see every week. Now the AG and DOJ allegedly are taking notice of a brand new video by an ex-Tesla … Continue reading 2023 Tesla FSD Still Runs Red Lights, Drawing AG and DOJ Attention→