Thanksgiving driving and goodbye to Kyle

Fred is off this week but Michael and I push on. Did you know that driving on Thanksgiving is more dangerous than driving on the mad shopping day of Black Friday?

The NTSB suggests that NHTSA make ISA a thing. Gotta love those acronyms. Basically one safety regulator is asking a different safety regulator to put in a system to alert drivers that they are going to fast. Speaking of NHTSA for 50 years they've not delivered on a seat back safety standard that would prevent passengers in the back seat from getting crushed by the front seats.

We bid adieu to tech-bro Kyle Vogt formerly of GM Cruise as he got to resign instead of being fired. We'll miss his hubris.

Listeners let us know if you've ever had to speed in an emergency.

This weeks links:

• https://www.concordmonitor.com/newcm/2023/11/thanksgiving-black-friday-accidents-52940030.php
• https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20231114.aspx
• https://www.fastcompany.com/90985257/you-shouldnt-be-driving-over-100-mph-and-your-car-shouldnt-let-you
• https://www.wuft.org/news/2023/11/17/new-road-safety-report-shows-reduced-pedestrian-fatalities-using-speed-detection-systems/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nhtsa-misses-new-safety-regulation-deadline/
• https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-prepares-to-turn-the-heated-front-seats-and-wipers-into-paid-features-224519.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/technology/cruise-ceo-kyle-vogt-quits.html
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbx5/cruise-exec-omitted-pedestrian-dragging-in-summary-of-self-driving-car-incident-to-california-dmv-email-shows
• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/gm-cruise-driverless-car-vogt-a47d63a2
• https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/21/cruise-san-francisco-crash-lobbyist-gavin-newsom/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/12/auto-glass-florida-insurance/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V751-4249.PDF