Overdrive: More Super Bowl ad critiques; AVs predict ped movements; Evoque’s see through system

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that bounces across issues of cars and transport

I’m David Brown

In this week’s news stories

1. Teaching self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement
2. INRIX 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard
3. Hero Holdens tops Shannons Melbourne Auction
4. New York gov: introduce Manhattan road pricing ‘or face 30% fare rise’
5. Lyft Green Mode option allows riders to request electric and hybrid vehicles
6. California Now Prohibits Use of Gender in Determining Auto Insurance Rates

We have a few motoring minutes

1. Nissan x Opus concept camper uses second-life EV batteries to power ‘off-grid’ adventures
2. New Range Rover Evoque recreates iconic road signs to showcase all terrain capability and smart tech

And Brian Smith, Errol Smith give the second installment of a review of the Motoring ads that appeared during this year’s Super Bowl.  We finally get to one we like.

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So, let’s start with the news

Originally broadcast 23 February 2019