For decades motorized vehicles had been considered steel death traps, and with good reason. Lack of saftey equipment and regulations led to many fatal car accidents. It wasnt until swedish engineer, Nils Bohlin, created the three point seat belt in 1959 that car manufacturers began to focus on saftey as well as transportation. Thanks to his invention and many other saftey features like, Airbags, Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Detection, Rear-view Cameras, and Lane Departure Warning, cars are safer than ever.
However, with the modernization of motorized vehicles and the popularity of Electric Vehicles, car manufacturers face new saftey hazards. They face a double edged sword. The up-side to modernization is new computer programs allow cars to update their softwares much like our laptops and phones do, optimizing vehicle performance and providing owners with up-to-date features and bug-fixes. The down-side being, now cars are exposed to hackers and cyber attacks, allowing criminals to sieze control of vehicles from remote locations. Check the link below and see for yourself just how bad it is, it may surprise you.
https://cacm.acm.org/news/241766-new-study-shows-just-how-bad-vehicle-hacking-has-gotten/fulltext
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 