U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death November 20, 2019 By David Shepardson A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle...
Senators Introduce Safety Legislation to Address Boeing 737 Issues October 28, 2019 By David Shepardson Two Democrats on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday introduced legislation to mandate numerous aviation safety recommendations in the...
U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash October 18, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a...
Lyft, Uber Bypass House Panel Hearing on Transportation Safety and Labor Conditions October 17, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. skipped a U.S. House of Representatives hearing the ride-hailing industry, angering lawmakers who threatened...
Why Big Internet Firms Think They Should Remain Shielded from Content Liability October 16, 2019 By David Shepardson A 23-year-old law giving technology companies legal protection from lawsuits over user-generated content remains critical to the internet’s future, Alphabet...
Regulators Looking Into Reports of Tesla ‘Smart Summon’ Parking Lot Incidents October 4, 2019 By David Shepardson and Vibhuti Sharma U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s...
Boeing 737 Fund Will Pay Crash Victims’ Families $145K Each September 24, 2019 By David Shepardson Boeing Co. will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each from a...
FAA Invites Global Regulators to Meet Over Boeing 737 Status September 18, 2019 By David Shepardson Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson has invited about 50 aviation safety regulators from around the world to an informal...
California Highway Barrier Wasn’t Repaired Prior to Fatal Tesla Crash September 10, 2019 By David Shepardson California state transportation officials failed to repair a highway safety device seriously damaged in a high-speed crash 11 days before...
Tesla Autopilot Design, Plus Driver Error, to Blame for 2018 Crash: Safety Board September 5, 2019 By David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday cited driver errors and Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot design as the probable cause...