Odometer rollback and automated driving fail

Apparently, if one were so inclined you could replace or reprogram your digital odometer fairly easily because security is not something that is built into car software. How was that for a sentence? 3 adverbs at once. Ouch. Know what else hurts? Drowsy driving. It's under-reported and dangerous. Autonomous driving modes also seem to be dangerous as we see in our Blue Cruise discussion. Maybe we should all stay awake and engaged instead of napping and hoping the car will drive itself to the Piggly Wiggly. Plus we dig into the CAN Bus (that's the lack of security around the software in your car.)

This weeks links:

• https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-ford-blue-cruise-crash-investigation-texas-18db4b71d698c5e4575370df6b09c49d
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/ford-s-bluecruise-hands-free-system-is-the-subject-of-ntsb-probe/ar-BB1k6zdh
• https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/03/aaa-fear-of-self-driving-cars-persists-as-industry-faces-an-uncertain-future/
• https://aaafoundation.org/drowsy-driving-in-fatal-crashes-united-states-2017-2021/
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kansas-car-dealer-indicted-for-rolling-back-odometers-as-cases-surge-nationwide/ar-BB1k86gr
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/18/new-orleans-bus-explosion-children-saved
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/mar/18/as-washington-lawmakers-pass-on-lowering-limits-fo/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24E023-5231.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V191-7561.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V196-5030.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V201-8194.PDF