This is...terrifying. Self-certification? Sooooo, we’re just going to forget what happens when manufactuars “self-certify”? Looking at you VW. Not to mention, all the software required for this. Think about your computer crashing for example. How often does a small glitch cause a catastrophic problem and you…

If the parents were behaving badly when they were pulled over, charge them with something specific to that. Hell you could even give them child endangerment for their behaviour at the stop, but child abuse for the kid driving is ridiculous.

Shit, a charge of child abuse makes a charge of child endangerment seem reasonable, and a charge of child endangerment would have been excessive.

And police wonder why they no longer have the respect and trust of the public that they once did. Here’s your answer.

I am 100% confident I was behind the wheel of a golf cart at least twice before this age (albeit perhaps in a parent’s lap). Shit, I was using a riding mower by 13, and that’s like a golf cart except gas powered and carrying a fucking machete cyclone underneath it.

For the love of god, what’s wrong with cops when they get like this?

So what’s going to happen if someone get hit by an autonomous vehicle i.e. getting rear ended? You can’t exchange insurance info if there is no one in the car!

“self-certification” Never knew that was a thing.

Just wait till the first cyclist or pedestrian gets killed by one of these “self-certified” vehicles (and it *will* happen sooner or later). The shit will truly hit the fan then.

By the Obama Administration’s own admission, the proposed higher CAFE standards would prevent less than .02 degrees by the year 2100.

The high mpg targets might save dollars at the pump but will likely reduce the number of new cars sold due to extremely high prices!

This image used in the article is incredibly accurate of the state of automobiles in America today. A huge number of SUVs and a small number of cars. And the colors, oh the boring colors! Grayscale with a mix of red. What I’d love to see is a collection of pictures just like this from all around the world to show what…

CAFE is designed and was designed from the very beginning to control what cars we are able to purchase. While I disapprove of the typical european system of high fuel taxes and displacement taxes it did at least allow for market choice.

CAFE was designed to eliminate the full size passenger car from the market as well…

This.

This is your reminder that the Obama administration itself thought the target was probably too high and did it anyway. Presumably because any negative fallout would be another administration’s problem.

And to think he survived the dark ages on 2, 3, and 4 wheels. Adds luster to his image of being the only motorcycle and F1 World Driver’s Championship! THAT’S why he’s a legend!

The era of both guts and humility, something we don’t see much of anymore. RIP, John. His winning car is on display at the Barber Motorsports museum if you’re ever down this way. Probably at least one of his bikes, too, I can’t keep track of all their bikes...

Neutral: (I hate how this issue makes me feel old. I consider myself a proponent of technology and science, and I like being comfortable around technology. But talking about autonomous cars makes me feel like my conservative grandpa.)