Your mileage may vary

California is proposing a bill to alert drivers to their speeding. Anthony suggests automatic tickets. Elon doesn't understand data or is flat out lying about the safety of Autopilot. Remote controlled trains remind us of GM Cruise. Miles per Gallon is not as helpful a measure as gallons per 100 miles and we discuss why AV companies don't follow the Department of Transportation's Technology Readiness Levels... which they helped write.

Mentioned Links:

• https://amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/electric-cars-more-likely-to-hit-pedestrians-than-petrol-vehicles-study-finds
• https://www.popsci.com/technology/cars-speeding-beeping/
• https://gizmodo.com/tesla-ev-autopilot-driver-assistance-safety-elon-musk-1851496656
• https://jalopnik.com/teslas-full-self-driving-isnt-doesnt-understand-new-yor-1851493822
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/us/train-safety-crashes-union.html
• https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/350382/gas-mileage-fuel-economy-mpg-gphm-gas-guzzlers
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2024/INIM-PE24016-13047.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V358-2557.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V361-1152.PDF