GM Faces Opposition on Federal Driverless Car Petition
General Motors Co. is running into opposition to its petition to federal regulators for permission to put up to 5,000 driverless cars — without steering wheels or control pedals — on public roads.
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said GM's petition of 97 pages, and 78 footnotes, failed to demonstrate its fully self-driving cars match the safety levels required for human-operated vehicles.
AAA's managing director of government relations and traffic safety advocacy, Jill Ingrassia, urged NHTSA to carefully consider the merits of GM's proposal, noting that polls consistently show the driving public is skeptical about self-driving cars.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
Driving Dynamics Awarded for Exceptional Driver Safety Training
Driving Dynamics was awarded once again by Training Industry as being one of the top 20 health and safety training companies in North America.
Pooling Vehicles and Cutting Costs
Government sector fleets can see huge savings in time and money when they pool their vehicles. San Joaquin County, for example, saw savings in the millions of dollars.
Have You Ever Thought About How Your Car Data Is Being Used?
Today's cars have as many as 100 elements that generate data, from the brakes to the windshield wipers.
Car data is one of the many ways company's learn about us. Through your connected phone and the computers built in to your car, data about where you've been, what music you like, your favorite restaurant and so much more are gathered.
"As automakers collect more data about drivers, they're more likely to look for ways to profit. The built-in display screens and mapping software would seem to be ideal spots for posting advertisements, similar to what Google, Facebook, Amazon and many other internet companies already do," reports the Chicago Tribune
Read the article at MSN.
Keeping Up with Today’s Vehicles
Adam Orth, the Fleet Services Manager for General Mills, not only loves his job - he also loves and enjoys cars, and part of that is keeping up with what today’s vehicles can do.
