Automakers urged to implement ‘smart car’ devices. Federal safety officials say new technology offers first credible possibility of eliminating much of the human error behind collisions. (Approaching innovations include radar to sense stationary obstacles, night vision, adaptive cruise control that senses the distance to vehicle ahead, smart steering assistance to keep a car travelling down the center of its traffic lane, linking emergency services to car-borne GPS etc.) Nando Times Some human error, of course, may not be eliminated. There was a replay of an extraordinary audio clip from last year on this evening’s All Things Considered on NPR. Jack E. Robinson, the hapless Republican contender for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, had been getting carried away ranting to an ATC interviewer over his cellular phone about the Massachusetts Republican leadership’s lack of confidence in him, as he drove down the road. All of a sudden, slam! he has a clearly audible auto accident.