NHTSA opens probe into Comma’s driver assist devices.Remember George Hotz, the iPhone-hacker-turned-driver-assist-developer? His company Comma.ai is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after three people died and 11 people were injured while using the company’s hands-free driver assist products. The investigation is focused on vehicles crashing into other vehicles that…The Verge13d agoWhole story →BuildTechnologynhtsa probe into comma ai
The untold history of the seat-belt warning.I found this Washington Post story about the “lowly” seat belt warning — how they came to be, which automakers have the best and worst chimes, and the people who are still militantly opposed to wearing seat belts — to be highly fascinating. The occasion is that the federal government is delaying new rules that would require automakers to install more…The Verge28d agoWhole story →BuildJusticeseat belt warning rule delay
