{"podcast":{"title":"There Auto Be A Law","slug":"there-auto-be-a-law-5505020","podcast_index_feed_id":5505020,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/autosafety/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.autosafety.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/autosafety/20220622_020615_d745b9749bfdccc6ee6839a2c96bc342.jpg","author":"Center for Auto Safety","episode_count":210,"summary":"A discussion on auto safety issues and technological developments, in hopes of providing consumers and enthusiasts with a better understanding of modern vehicles, safety systems, and current issues in the auto industry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:17:56.993678+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020"},"episode":{"title":"Ford's Record Recall Marathon","slug":"ford-s-record-recall-marathon","published_at":"2026-06-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/ford-s-record-recall-marathon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/autosafety/2941204","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/135978/2941204/autosafety/2026_06_24_16_48_35_0187e6cd-6cbb-48d6-8204-ab39a49f2864.mp3","summary":"A New York Times deep dive ties the rise of huge pickups and SUVs to pedestrian deaths, spotlighting poor visibility and high hoods that “punt” people into a run-over path, while lawmakers push the Pedestrian Protection Act to force tougher federal scrutiny and consumer ratings. Automakers deflect toward road design and hype pedestrian-braking tech even as industry fights related rules. A fatal high-speed Tesla crash raises questions about driver-assist overrides, data transparency, and whether automation breeds complacency. A peer-reviewed argument says “edge cases” are inevitable in AI cars because testing every failure combination is impossible. Meanwhile: Waymo recalls, GM revives autonomy ambitions, and Ford unleashes a blizzard of recalls—many fixing earlier failed fixes. Support the show! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html https://scanlon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2028 https://gmauthority.com/blog/2026/06/increased-pickup-and-suv-size-blamed-for-rising-pedestrian-fatalities/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/tesla-autopilot-crash-texas.html https://electrek.co/2026/06/23/tesla-fsd-katy-crash-driver-pedal/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-senators-ask-review-teslas-full-self-driving-safety-data-citing-reuters-2026-06-16/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/waymo-says-it-built-a-better-benchmark-for-comparing-robotaxis-to-humans/ https://thenextweb.com/news/gm-autonomous-driving-robotaxi-sterling-anderson-super-cruise https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2026/RCLRPT-26E035-7637.pdf https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/recalls/2026/06/20/car-recall-leaders-2026-ford-stellantis/90611355007/ More recalls on the website.","meta_description":"A New York Times deep dive ties the rise of huge pickups and SUVs to pedestrian deaths, spotlighting poor visibility and high hoods that “punt” people int…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4003,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/episodes/ford-s-record-recall-marathon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/ford-s-record-recall-marathon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}