Automobiles
Calif. Legislator Wants to Expand Teen Driving Curfews to Some Adults
Under 21? Better have the proper papers to drive late at night.
Why New Cellphone Restrictions Won't Have a Noticeable Impact on Crashes
Cellphones figure in something like 1 percent of traffic fatalities, and holding them is not the main distraction.
Calif. to Treat Smart Phones in Cars as Just Slightly Less Dangerous than Loaded Guns
Don't drive and … touch … anything?
Ford Gets It Right on Self-Driving Cars
Go for full self-driving capability, not half-assed autonomy.
Why It's a Good Thing That Driverless Cars and Trucks Are Going To Take Decades…
...to become fully operational. Tech change, like social change, is more evolutionary than we think, allowing society to adjust.
Sorry, Elon Musk! Driverless Cars Will Take Longer Than You Think.
Skepticism coming from researchers at UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon and MIT.
Trump Regulatory Rollback: Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
Activists howl in outrage and frustration
Google Self-Driving Car in Crash: Like Always, Humans at Fault
Human drivers in other vehicles seem prone to rear-ending Google's robot cars.
Feds Want to Support Automated Cars. Oh, Also: They Want Much More Regulatory Authority.
Innovation is an opportunity for some to expand government power.
Self-Driving Cars: Half-Assed Automation Is Stupid and Dangerous
Also, Uber self-driving project launches in Pittsburgh
From Ticketing President Grant to "Do you have it up your ass?": A short history of the traffic stop
How automobiles grew the power and reach of the police throughout America.
First Self-Driving Car Death
Tesla S car runs into a tractor trailer in Florida; still safer than human-driven cars
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Putting Red Light on Amateur Car Racing
Emission regulations that may not even make a dent on climate change.
FBI Warns About Car Hacking. Encryption Security Helps Prevent That.
Beware of hatchback doors in your cybersecurity.
Who's Afraid of Self-Driving Cars? 75 Percent of Americans, Says Poll
Are you among the timorous or will you embrace the hands-free future?
Government Roadblock: Feds Should Just Get Out of the Way of Self-Driving Vehicles
"All government needs to do for the next transportation revolution [is to] get out of the road."
Would You Buy A Self-Driving Car That Would Kill You To Save Others?
The problem of programming ethics into autonomous vehicles
The Government Is the Other Villain in Volkswagen's DieselGate Scandal
It's not the company's greed, but the bad incentives produced by aggressive regulations that are to blame
Volkswagen CEO Resigns Over Diesel Cheating Scandal
Shouldn't it get some points for combating global warming though?
The Justice Department's $1 Billion GM Shakedown for the Cobalt Debacle
Victims will see very little of the criminal penalties that GM will pay
Self-Driving Cars Dodging Deer and Regulators So Far
Self-driving vehicles are legal in most states.
Self-Driving Cars Could Destroy Fine-Based City Government. What's the Downside?
Increasing automation limits the ability of authorities to profit off human error.
Your Next Car Will Be Driverless
OK, but the one after that will likely be self-driving
Airplane Travel More Climate-Friendly Than Car Travel
Flying is less carbon-sinful than driving
Dynamism and Durability Are Great Features of Capitalism
A lesson in basic economics courtesy of an old Toyota.
Robo-Car Drives Across Country 99 Percent Autonomously
Congratulations to Delphi on this feat
SCOTUS Seems Inclined to Reject Censorship of Confederate Flag License Plate
If specialty plates are government speech, Texas officially loves golf and hates abortion.
Outlawing Human-Driven Cars
Elon Musk predicts "You can't have a person driving a two-ton death machine."
California Mulling More Government Access to Cars' On-Board Computers
Will Big Brother monitor our driving habits?
Shanghai May Ban Spokesmodels at Auto Shows to Keep Focus on Cars
China's cracking down on sexy.
NHTSA's Botched Oversight of GM's Cobalt Crashes
Still, the agency is demanding more money and power
Feds Seize Land Rovers From Owners in Nationwide Raids Over Bad Paperwork
Feds claim vehicles, about 40 of them, were illegally imported
Applied Philosophy: Who Do We Program This Car To Hit?
The ethics of autonomous vehicles.
