E458 - Safety Wars 5-5-2026 Your Car Is Watching You

This May 5, 2026 episode of Safety Wars, hosted by Jim Pozal, covers several interconnected topics through a safety and civil liberties lens.

Jim opens with a dramatic near-miss incident where a plane's landing gear struck a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark Airport, sparking discussion about the dangers of Runway 29 and the chronic understaffing of air traffic controllers — a problem worsened by recent federal budget cuts that eliminated ~400 trainees.

He then shares an insider account of the March 2025 Air Canada/fire truck collision at LaGuardia, attributing it to hesitation in communication — a human organizational perf...