Pre-collision sensing startup looks to revolutionize vehicle safety

Do the deadly 737 MAX crashes point to a tech problem that could affect multiple industries?

Source: TheDailyCaller  – May 8th, 2019 Shem Malmquist, a visiting professor of advanced aircraft operations at Florida Institute of Technology and Boeing 777 captain, […] sees Boeing’s and the FAA’s newly highlighted shortcomings as an example for a wide swatch of industries. “[T]his applies to nuclear power plants, everything that uses software. We’re using methods…

Automatic braking systems in some Nissan Rogues are going rogue, safety group says

Source: ConsumerAffairs  – March 27th, 2019   Safety groups agree that automatic emergency braking has the potential to save lives and reduce crash deaths, but that is obviously contingent on the technology actually working correctly. A new petition that the Center for Auto Safety recently filed with NHTSA says that consumers have sent 87 complaints…

BMW and Mercedes-Benz will stop fighting and join forces to make a better autonomous car

Source: CarAndDriver  – February 28th, 2019   The goal, according to a memorandum signed by BMW CEO Klaus Fröhlich and Daimler CEO Ola Källenius, is to put as many of these cars on the road as possible as quickly as possible. The BMW Vision iNext is already scheduled for sale in Europe by 2021 with SAE Level 3…

Driverless cars not safe enough for public roads, tests results suggest

Source: TU-Auto  – February 14th, 2019   On top of the human intervention reports, the state [California] found an increase in the amount of crashes involving the autonomous test mules with companies reporting 75 collisions in 2018, compared to 29 reports in 2017. Cruise reported 22 crashes in 2017 and 36 in 2018. Adam Scow, senior advocate…