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Fully Equipped to Survive Being Racially Profiled.

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The Features

The World's First 2024 DWB

Walk around the first car that is the safety feature.

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Spare Head/Taillights

This state-of-the-art system automatically replaces your broken headlight or taillight so there's no probable cause, and no reason to pull you over.

No Engine

We removed the engine because until the system changes, it's just safer not to drive at all.

See Through Doors

These alluring transparent doors offer a distinct design aesthetic that eliminates any assumptions of suspicious activity.

Biometric Scanner

Since routine stops are often far from routine, we engineered a biometric scanner that projects your license and registration onto the window, minimizing escalation during encounters with police.

10&2 Steering Wheel

When it comes to your hands, seeing means survival. This steering wheel keeps them visible at all times by locking them at 10 and 2.

Removed Glove Box

No glove box means there's never any reason to fear you're reaching for something dangerous … they still might fear though.

Overhead Seatbelt

Our breakthrough top-down design eliminates the need for any movement below the waist, keeping your hands in sight and your safety on lock.

Airless Tires

With their always-flat design, these exclusive Airless Tires completely eliminate the chance you'll ever be pulled over for speeding.

Digital License Plate

This Intelligent License Plate automatically updates to eliminate any troubles or misunderstandings with your tags.

No Trunk

With no trunk there's one less place to search, seize, or plant false evidence.

The Facts

Driving While Black 10 and 2 steering wheel

10&2 Steering Wheel

True Hands-
On Safety

Jan 7 2023
Memphis, TN

Tyre Nichols

In 2023, Tyre Nichols was beaten and murdered during a traffic stop by Memphis Police. His hands were assumed to be a weapon.

Removed Glove Box

Put Reassurance in Reach

Jul 6 2016
Falcon Heights, MN

Philando Castile

In 2016, during a routine traffic stop, Philando Castile was shot while reaching into his glove box for his license and registration. The officer feared he was reaching for a gun.

Overhead Seatbelt

Stay Above Suspicion

Keep Hands in Sight

It is known that reaching for something during a police stop can often mean the difference between life and death for black people.

See Through Doors

Transparency = Security

SEP 30 2021
Dayton, OH

Clifford Owensby

In 2021 Clifford Owensby, a paraplegic black man, was pulled over for a “suspected window tint violation”. When Owensby, fearing for his life, declined to get out of his vehicle, they dragged him out by his dreadlocks so that police dogs could sniff his car.

No Trunk

One Less Place to Search/Seize

Nov 22 2016
Baltimore, MD

Richard Gibbs

In 2021 Richard Gibbs was shot by police who he alleged then planted a gun in his car during a traffic stop to justify the shooting. He won the case.

Spare Head/Taillights

Lights on
for Safety

FEB 4 2021
Clark County, Wa

Jenoah Donald

In 2022, Jenoah Donald was murdered in Clark County Oregon after being pulled over for a broken taillight.

DIGITAL LICENSE PLATE

Always stay
up to date

APR 11 2021
Brooklyn Ctr, MN

Daunte Wright

In 2022, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop for expired registration tags.

About

Why We Built this Car

In America people largely acknowledge that racism exists, but they can't always recognize it in their own lives and communities. It's not by choice, but they can't always see the double standards that exist around them.

That's why we built this car. To help highlight those double standards Black people experience, during the most common interaction with police - traffic stops. From microaggressions to murder, routine traffic stops are anything but routine when you're Black. So, while this car isn't real, it is our reality. We hope by bringing this issue to light, we can spark conversation and change in the communities we ALL live in.

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Now the real work begins. Visit the Courageous Conversation® Global Foundation website to learn the most effective ways to engage in elevated dialogue, that leads to interracial healing. Conversations that create a safe space for learning, solidarity and transformation to occur.

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