Two U.S. senators urge safety regulators to launch a formal probe into Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software after an NBC News investigation earlier this month reported complaints from Tesla drivers who said the software sometimes fails to detect oncoming trains at railroad crossings.

A Waymo robot drove into deep floodwater in a side road dip where it traverses a swale/drainage between the main road and residences. OP reports rescuers assisted passengers to escape their robot and then to hospital. E Medlock Dr at Hayden, Scottsdale, Arizona OP: tiktok.karen.slayer2

🤨 Boy, 13, bailed over multiple hit-and-runs in Lincolnshire - BBC News share.google/UIwuLXBFokZL...

The Office of the Victims' Commissioner has launched a new survey to gain insight into the experiences of victims of road traffic collisions. victimscommissioner.org.uk/news/new-res...

Awful that a police officer has been killed in the line of duty. But if I was a member of PC Najeeb's family, I would feel added distress by the description being that he was "in collision with a VW Polo". No. The car (controlled by a driver) collided with him. share.google/eHxtEwQOUIJd...

Haverhill family 'lost for words' as hit-and-run case reopened - BBC News share.google/Hp25uzkp3kja...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... There are issues with the results of drugs tests taking far too long to come back, but they do need to be taken in the first place! @ctmccartney.bsky.social

Motor murder case. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seven charged over death of man left trapped in ditch after Lincolnshire crash | ITV News Calendar share.google/mDsyQQvC0Sk9...

West Yorkshire Police reveal worst excuses for bad driving. "We have got to take responsibility for our behaviours when we get behind these killing machines which are cars, buses, lorries, whatever it is." This is the message that needs to be sent and received. share.google/lHLdsLOATHaZ...

Meanwhile, in NSW, prosecutors accepted a guilty plea to dangerous driving causing death on a charge of manslaughter. www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...

Motor manslaughter case in Queensland, Australia: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Reporters at the BBC need to read the collision reporting guidelines. Bedford Audi driver found guilty over pedestrian death - BBC News share.google/Kc70coxuLy7H...

I very much enjoyed speaking at this event and meeting all the like-minded academics interested in the use of cars in committing crime (including, but not limited to, road traffic offences). Many thanks to @jpinasanchez.bsky.social for bringing us all together!

Poor use of wording from West Midlands Police & the BBC here, giving the car full agency. Ironically I've only been to Wetherby once, two weeks ago, for a brilliant Cars & Crime symposium organised by @jpinasanchez.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Exploring the effect of motor #traffic on street #crime'. New preprint with @toby-davies.bsky.social jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/Traff... When neighbourhoods are affected by 'heavy traffic' perceptions of vandalism, burglary and theft grow from 6% to 9%, and that is most likely an underestimate.

Also now picked up by road.cc, with some more detail of the case: road.cc/content/news...

Extraordinary understanding, reason & compassion, especially given the unimaginable anguish of MWK’s family. He’s right, of course: government’s capitulation to agents of racism like Reform is as shameful as it is reckless.

Good to see this finally in press. I'm quoted in the piece (and in the thread below). Without this journalism, such "landmark rulings" would not come to light. Note, though, that no precedent has been set as such.

Car as weapon charges: Man charged with driving offences | Leicestershire Police share.google/DSYtAFN1uEzZ...

I look forward to being able to read the forthcoming road safety strategy when published, and responding to the consultation. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

⚙️ The Single Justice Procedure was meant to speed up justice. But has it come at the cost of fairness? Our latest report explores how a quiet courtroom revolution may be undermining defendants' rights. Read now: www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...

A tragic case, but interesting use of the law. Driver pleaded guilty to death by careless whilst under the influence; mother guilty of manslaughter for breach of duty of care to her baby. But, unhelpful choice of words by the reporter & the judge in this case. www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...

I'm not one for a punitive response to every driver who causes death, but I have to agree with one of the family members that four years five months for manslaughter (in NZ) is "wrong". www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/18/w...

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news... It will be interesting to see if the changes to the guidelines do in fact have an impact on the number of cases resulting in disqualification.

'Robots, under current California law, can’t get traffic tickets. State legislators are currently mulling a bill that would, among other things, “Require the individual car violating the law to be assessed fines and points in the same manner as a human driver.”' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/25/u...

Excessive use of charging powers observed in joint enterprise trials, say researchers

Five people taken to hospital after college bus crashes into Hampshire river

This article sheds light on numerous serious problems, not least the problem of delays in getting blood test results in cases of drug-driving.

Here is the link to the report on the investigative review of the Harry Dunn case. Many of the 38 recommendations are relevant to all forces, not just Northants Police. www.northants.police.uk/SysSiteAsset...

I've not seen this ad, because I very rarely watch TV with ads (occasionally I will stream something from Channel 4 and it's painful). The ASA's ruling is pleasing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Action Vision Zero blog on how the sentencing review is relevant to motoring offences: actionvisionzero.org/2025/06/05/a....

BBC News - Thousands of criminal cases collapsing due to missing or lost police evidence www.bbc.com/news/article...

Case of manslaughter in Western Australia. 17 year old driver sentenced to three years and two months in prison. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

www.birminghammail.co.uk/motoring/mot... I can't make head nor tale of this headline. And there appears to be no "news" in what follows.

The state of the opening sentence of this report! Do they not proof read? I would like to know more about the data. Worrying indeed. www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/ca...

This is why I am against creating lots of specific offences telling drivers what they can't do, and why I'm in favour of the general offence of driving without due care and attention. Drivers must pay attention. But you can't outlaw daydreaming. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Find out about and express your views about how free we should be to offend other people, the place that freedom of expression has in university life and the impact that expressing objectionable views can have on your future career and personal liberty. Sign up: data.heat.ac.uk/event/apply/....

Pleased to share my new article! I reflect on what our responsibility is, as legal academics, to students experiencing racism and how we can surface the ways racism plays out "politely" such that the law school feels like a space to which they cannot fully belong. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

news.sky.com/story/man-ar... Car as weapon - driver arrested for GBH with intent, as well as causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Help 🙏 Def who used car as weapon now guilty of manslaughter, not murder. I can't find the CACD decision quashing the conviction, only the decision granting leave (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...). Can anyone point me to the appeal case? www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/2518766...

I missed the sentencing of this case. She was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...