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“I thought the manual would be “safer.” I use quotes here because this car was tiny. If anything ever hit me while I was in that thing I would not be alive to write this.”

@sarahlovescali on the Toyota Yaris for our series, Car Crushes. https://t.co/HPRwBR9uyY
The Paris Review
5 months ago
Cars

Toyota Yaris - The Paris Review

The author bought a Toyota Yaris in 2007 and found it to be reliable and efficient.
The author had a positive experience with the salesman at the Toyota dealership. [ more ]
Cars collect an astonishing amount of data ranging from retina scans to text messages' contents (unencrypted!) But Privacy4Cars offers an easy way to wipe data retroactively via a free app and also check your vehicle to find out what data your car (1/2)
https://t.co/Hw3zP4TMFQ
Therecord
5 months ago
Cars

Your car is probably harvesting your data. Here's how you can wipe it

Andrea Amico created Privacy4Cars, a free app that helps individuals erase personal data collected by automakers
The app allows consumers to pull a full report on the data their car is collecting using the vehicle identification number. [ more ]
https://t.co/xsRLEvVJR0 In San Francisco and Austin, Texas, where passengers can hail self-driving vehicles, the cars have added to the workloads of city employees.
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Cars

Lost Time for No Reason:' How Driverless Taxis Are Stressing Cities

Self-driving cars are slowing down emergency response times and causing issues for city services.
In San Francisco, there were over 600 self-driving vehicle incidents from June 2022 to June 2023.
A driverless car from Cruise ran over and dragged a pedestrian, leading to the suspension of their service. [ more ]
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