S1E4: The Fault In Our Cars

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The first pedestrian killed by a car in the western hemisphere was on New York’s Upper West Side in 1899. One newspaper warned that “the automobile has tasted blood.” Today, driverless cars present their own mix of technological promise and potential danger. Can the reaction to that 1899 pedestrian tragedy help us navigate current arguments about safety, blame, commerce, and public space? Guests include: Missy Cummings, Navy fighter pilot and head of the Duke Humans and Autonomy Lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On June 25th, Ironheart arrives on Disney Plus.
0:02.9	What is going on with you?
0:04.8	From Marvel Television, an executive producer, Ryan Coogler.
0:07.8	I wanted to build something undeniable, but now I'm in trouble.
0:10.7	Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.
0:12.7	I joined a crew of criminals, and now I'm about to get killed by a drenched man in a cake.
0:17.4	Be the first to experience the all-new series.
0:20.5	You've bitten off a hell of a lot more than you can chew.
0:22.7	Brank what you a lot.
0:23.5	Marvel Television's Ironhard.
0:25.4	Streaming June 25th, only on Disney Plus.
0:27.7	18 plus subscription required.
0:29.1	Deas and Cases Apply.
0:33.5	There was a car accident in Tempe, Arizona, back in March of this year.
0:37.4	It was about 10 o'clock at night,
0:38.9	and a woman was walking her bike across the street, and an SUV going about 40 miles an hour, hit her,
0:44.5	and it killed her. The loss of life is always a tragedy. But if the story ended right there,
0:50.2	it wouldn't be especially notable because about 6,000 pedestrians get killed every year in the U.S.
0:55.3	alone. There was something new about this accident, though. The person who's in the driver's seat of the
1:01.0	SUV didn't have her hands on the wheel, she didn't have her feet on the pedals, and she was barely
1:05.5	even looking at the road, because this was an experimental self-driving vehicle,
1:15.5	which made this accident in Tempe the very first of its kind,
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