# Moral Crumple Zones and the Magic of Autonomous Vehicles

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/moral-crumple-zones-and-the-magic-of-autonomous-vehicles
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/moral-crumple-zones-and-the-magic-of-autonomous-vehicles.md
Podcast: [There Auto Be A Law](https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020)
Published: 2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/autosafety/2436810
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/135978/2436810/autosafety/2026_01_07_14_33_16_43340645-03ee-49d4-90e6-dd455fb448f6.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/episodes/moral-crumple-zones-and-the-magic-of-autonomous-vehicles
Duration seconds: 3273

## Resource

Happy New Year! We're back discussing the reckless claim by Elon that you can text and drive, the magical claims from the Consumer Electronics show, the success of the NYC congestion pricing and if a company really made charging slower for coffee enjoyment. Much more and recalls. Support the show! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c783qd14zl7o https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/mercedes-teaches-its-driver-assist-how-to-handle-surface-streets/ https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/mbdrive-assist-pro-is-level-2-plus https://insideevs.com/news/783380/first-production-ready-all-solid-state-battery-official-specs/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/self-driving-cars/self-driving-cars-could-prevent-over-1-million-road-injuries-across-the-us-by-2035/ar-AA1TyBS8 https://electrek.co/2026/01/04/convoy-electric-semi-brand-sany-pairs-autonomy-with-human-experience/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/05/upshot/congestion-pricing-one-year.html https://www.autosafety.org/autonomous-vehicle-checklist/ https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V903-7748.pdf https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V896-2258.pdf https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V899-5489.pdf

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/episodes/moral-crumple-zones-and-the-magic-of-autonomous-vehicles/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/moral-crumple-zones-and-the-magic-of-autonomous-vehicles.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.