Phil Koopman joins us to win the Lifetime Achievement Award for Gaslight Nominee with Sudden Unintended Acceleration. From the Audi 5000 to Tesla, Phil walks us through the nonsense that it's always the humans fault and instead explains how bad hardware and software engineering has led to many of these dangerous situations.

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• https://www.autoevolution.com/news/nhtsa-has-yet-to-answer-the-petition-about-tesla-s-sua-events-but-where-are-they-251095.html

Anthony accidentally disconnected his airbag and counterfeit ones are coming in from China. GM is leaning more into it's Elon tendencies and promoting things that are not ready for prime time. Fred shares more of the Computer-Driven vehicle safety checklist and we've got recalls.

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• https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/feds-probe-tesla-about-its-mad-max-mode/
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/performance-cars/these-are-the-only-2-places-on-earth-where-there-s-no-speed-limit/ar-AA1P39gF
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• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V720-6717.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V704-0189.pdf
• https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/squirrel-nest-under-hood-car/

Waymo's ignores school bus stop signs and warnings, Tesla releases something called "Mad Max Mode" cause they are sociopaths and there is little oversight and regulation for these vehicles. IIHS explores the crash data around headlight glare and we dive into recalls.

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• https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/25/10/48268811/elon-musks-tesla-risks-nhtsa-scrutiny-with-fsd-v14-1-2s-mad-max-update-that-ignores-speed-limits
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• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V685-7473.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V686-8702.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25E068-2476.pdf