The NHTSA has now also got involved in an accident involving the Cruise company and is taking over the investigation.
It just became known that there is a new one fatal accident involving a Tesla vehicle gave. the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took over the investigations and also wants to check the technical side. Meanwhile, the start-up also had to cruise automation, who research autonomous driving for General Motors, report an accident.
Cruise’s vehicles recently gathered on a street for a Rhea M moderate meeting and blocked the street. It was a software glitch, the company said. What was the problem in the recent accident in san francisco, in which a Cruise robotic taxi collided with a Toyota Prius and resulted in minor injuries?
NHTSA’s Special Crash Investigation (SCI) team officially launched the investigation in June. This NHTSA SCI focuses on cases involving special circumstances with technical involvement.
The incident in question occurred on June 3 at 11 p.m. The basis of the study is the data from DMV in their annual report on autonomous vehicle failures. It is about the turning behavior of the cruise vehicle, which was disturbed by a Toyota Pruis. During the maneuver, the Prius is said to have touched the rear of the cruise vehicle and damaged the door. There were minor injuries that received medical treatment.
Both occurrences, from Tesla and from Cruise, don’t exactly promote that image of autonomous driving. But Teslas are Level 2 models that support driving. Cruise are level 4 vehicles that can actually drive themselves.