One hazard is distracted driving, defined as any activity that takes a driver's focus off the road and could lead to an increased risk of a crash. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation for 2009 tally 5,474 people killed and roughly 448,000 injured in motor vehicle crashes...
THE HACK: In most modern cars, the power-locking mechanism is connected to other vehicle systems so that doors can lock automatically when a car is put into drive and unlock if the airbags have been deployed or the keys are locked inside. That interconnectivity, theoretically, means that the...
A vehicle’s different automated features can be linked in many ways. For example, in some cars, the doors lock automatically when the transmission is shifted into gear. This seemingly innocuous feature isn’t as well-protected as the vital CAN bus, so could it be used as a back door for...