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Consumers Union Says Uber, Waymo Crashes Raise Safety Concerns with Self-Driving Cars

May 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, today called on companies developing automated driving systems, including Uber and Waymo, to take a safe and transparent approach to the testing and commercial use of self-driving vehicles. Crashes involving Uber and Waymo vehicles occurred recently during testing on public roads. Uber’s crash led the company to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Consumers Union, Uber, Waymo

Consumers Union Calls on Tesla to Improve Safety of “Autopilot” Driver-Assist System

April 16, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports (CR), called on Tesla to move quickly to improve the safety of its “Autopilot” driver-assist system and to publicly release the detailed data behind the company’s safety claims. The company recently acknowledged that this technology was engaged at the time of a recent fatal crash in California, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Consumers Union, National Transportation Safety Board, Tesla

Vehicle Manufacturers Report Progress on Autonomous Emergency Braking Commitment

January 2, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota leads major vehicle manufacturers on number of vehicles with over 56 percent of its 2017 fleet, 1.4 of 2.5 million vehicles, with accident avoidance feature. Four of 20 automakers report that automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard on more than half of their 2017 model year vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Center for Auto Safety, Consumers Union, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Consumer Groups Call on NAIC to Disband Auto Insurance Working Group

August 8, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Concerns regulators bowing to industry on data collection through third party. Consumer groups are calling on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to disband its five-year old Working Group on Auto Insurance after the organization’s Auto Study Group following a decision over the weekend by the group to accept an industry plan covering data […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, National Association of Insurance Commissioners

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