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Aug 12, 2015

SAFETY TRUCKS * USA: Autos hacking - ** OOIDA: Reject speed-limiting

* Michigan - Automakers trying to stop hackers from taking over cars


-- When researchers at two West Coast universities took control of a General Motors car through cellular and Bluetooth connections in 2010, they startled the auto industry by exposing a glaring security gap... Five years later, two friendly hackers sitting on a living room couch used a laptop computer to commandeer a Jeep from afar over the Internet, demonstrating an even scarier vulnerability... Fiat Chrysler, the maker of Jeeps, is now conducting the first recall to patch a cybersecurity problem, covering 1.4 million Jeeps. Experts and lawmakers are warning the auto industry and regulators to move faster to plug holes created by the dozens of new computers and the growing number of Internet connections in today’s automobiles... The average new car has 40 to 50 computers that run 20 million lines of software code, more than a Boeing 787, a recent KPMG study found... Miller and Valasek are known as “white hat,” or ethical hackers, and reported their findings to the company. But the episode raised the prospect that someone with malicious intent could commandeer a car with a laptop and make it suddenly stop, accelerate or turn, injuring or killing someone... After the 2010 hack, the auto industry plugged access holes and tried to isolate entertainment and driver information systems from critical functions such as steering and brakes. But in each subsequent model year, it added microchips and essentially turned cars into rolling computers. The introduction of Internet access has created a host of new vulnerabilities... The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents a dozen major companies, says the industry is working with security firms and universities to prevent attacks. Earlier this month, companies formed a group to share information. Some companies such as Audi offer rewards to outside experts who find vulnerabilities in their systems... Savage predicts all automakers will accelerate plans for instant Internet software updates... 
 (Photo: This product image provided by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles shows the Uconnect 8.4 inch infotainment system on a 2014 Jeep Cherokee Limited. FCA says that it has a software fix that will prevent future hacking into the Jeep Cherokee and other vehicles)   --    Detroit, MICH, USA - The Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Tom Krisher - August 8, 2015
** DC - Petition: Speed-limiting devices on trucks make highways less safe

-- OOIDA has drafted an online petition that urges lawmakers and the public to reject a proposed mandate for speed limiters on commercial trucks. The petition is easy for trucking members and non-members alike to let folks know that a mandate would force an unsafe speed differential among cars and trucks and lead to more vehicle interactions on the highways... The timing is important as Congress drafts and debates a transportation bill that covers motor carrier safety and with a regulatory notice of proposed rulemaking on the verge of advancing to the White House for review... OOIDA cites independent data and research that shows speed differentials among cars and trucks make the highways less safe than if vehicles travel at uniform speeds... An FMCSA study that initially was inconclusive about the safety benefits of a speed-limiter mandate was later changed to show a “strong safety benefit” after the data was rearranged. That study compared safety records of a small number of trucks equipped with speed limiters and a small number of trucks that ran without speed limiters...
(Photo from The Star Telegram: Many tractor-trailers on Texas roads exceed tires' safety ratings)  --   Washington, DC, USA - Land Line, by David Tanner - 10 Aug 2015

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