WILL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BE AT RISK TO HACKING?
Posted on Mar 16, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on WILL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BE AT RISK TO HACKING?
Vehicle hacking has become a serious concern in the wake of several high profile hacks like the 2015 hack of a Jeep Cherokee conducted by Wired Magazine. Mikko Hypponen, a Finnish security expert with the firm F-Secure, warns that hacking could present an even bigger threat to autonomous vehicles. Hypponen believes that as self-driving cars become more widespread hackers will...
FORD TESTS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN WINTER WEATHER
Posted on Mar 16, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on FORD TESTS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN WINTER WEATHER
Ford recently announced that they are the first automaker to test fully autonomous vehicles in winter weather, including snow – a major step toward fully autonomous driving. Inclement weather, and in particular snow, has proven to be an issue for autonomous vehicles as the vehicles learn to process surrounding environments obscured by weather conditions. Ford’s fully autonomous...
IL House Considering Storage Fee Bill
Posted on Mar 9, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on IL House Considering Storage Fee Bill
The Illinois House of Representatives is considering a bill that would require vehicle storage providers to send a certified letter disclosing their rates to a vehicle lienholder before charging storage fees. Under the proposed law, the storage provider must also provide the lienholder an opportunity to inspect the vehicle on the premise. The bill, HB 6169 was introduced by Rep. Ron...
U.S. Traffic Fatalities Experience Surge in 2015
Posted on Feb 19, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on U.S. Traffic Fatalities Experience Surge in 2015
The National Safety Council (NSC), an organization that tracks traffic deaths in the United States, recently released statistics showing a surge in traffic deaths last year. The NSC’s data indicates 2015 experienced the largest percentage increase in highway fatalities in the last 50 years. 38,300 people died on U.S. roads in 2015, and approximately 4.4 million others were...
Louisiana Aggressively Pursuing Fines for Driving Without Auto Insurance
Posted on Feb 16, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Louisiana Aggressively Pursuing Fines for Driving Without Auto Insurance
The State of Louisiana has implemented new means for the state’s Office of Motor Vehicles (“OMV”) to collect fines from individuals driving without auto insurance. The OMV recently turned over fine collection to the state’s Office of Debt Recovery. The Office of Debt Recovery is the state’s collection agency and is empowered to collect OMV fines by extracting money from bank...
Autonomous Vehicles and Friday’s Trivia Question
Posted on Feb 12, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Autonomous Vehicles and Friday’s Trivia Question
Today I was driving my car on a Connecticut three lane divided highway. I was in the middle lane and a highway department truck was stopped up ahead. A brave construction worker standing outside of said truck took a shovel full of asphalt and threw it into a pothole in the middle lane of moving traffic. One has to wonder about the reactions to those scenarios when some vehicles are...
