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Car-safety features stuck in slow lane

Washington — Twenty automakers pledged to the Obama administration they would commit to voluntarily equip all of their passenger vehicles with automatic emergency braking by September 2022, but less than a quarter of the manufacturers appear to be on pace to hit the target.

Safety advocates say the remaining automakers have little incentive to keep their promises regarding safety technologies because President Donald Trump’s administration, which has yet to nominate a director for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has shown no urgency about enforcing the deadline — or, for that matter, pushing for other life-saving technologies.

NHTSA says only four of 20 automakers in 2017 equipped at least half of their U.S. models with standard automatic emergency brakes, which automatically apply the brakes when a front collision is imminent.

The highest rates were for luxury brands such as Tesla and Mercedes-Benz. Among mass-market companies, Toyota Motor Corp. fitted the devices to 56 percent of its 2017 fleet, compared with 30 percent for Honda Motor Co., 20 percent for General Motors Co., and less than 10 percent for Ford Motor Co. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV offered automatic emergency braking on only 6 percent of its 2017 fleet, according to NHTSA.


Much more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2018/03/05/car-safety-features-slow-coming/111097598/



In November, Ford said it would make the automatic brakes standard on two key 2019 models - The Edge and Ranger - but would not say when they would be standard on all models. The Edge is shown in this photo. The 2019 Ford Edge ST during the unveiling of the Ford display at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit on January 14, 2018. (Robin Buckson/The Detroit News)

Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water

Cape Town could become the world’s first major city to run out of water – what’s been termed Day Zero. Sao Paulo faced similar difficulties in 2015 leading to significant social unrest.

On Day Zero – which could be in mid-July if there’s no significant rain – residents of the city will have to travel to one of 200 city-wide collection points to get the allocated 25 litres per person, per day, under the watchful eye of an armed guard.

The city has done a great deal of work to manage water use, even winning multiple awards, although equity concerns have frequently been raised in relation to these efforts. In light of the ongoing drought, the city is now trying to encourage even stricter targets of 50 litres of water per person per day – a difficult goal that continues to raise issues of equity and justice.

To its credit, the city has worked with researchers at the University of Cape Town to test strategies to nudge domestic users into reducing their water use. Nudges are interventions to encourage behaviour change for better outcomes, or in this context, to achieve environmental or conservation goals.

What key insights could help inform the city’s strategies? Research from psychology and behavioural economics could prove useful to refine efforts and help to achieve further water savings.


Much more: https://theconversation.com/nudging-the-city-and-residents-of-cape-town-to-save-water-92192



The dangerously low Threewaterskloof dam, a major supplier of water to the city.

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