The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has concluded its preliminary investigation into reports of General Motors' Cruise robotaxis exhibiting unsafe behavior around pedestrians. Despite two reported crashes involving pedestrians and public reports of encroachment on crosswalks, the NHTSA determined no further action was necessary. Cruise has since ceased public operations of its Automated Driving System (ADS).
U.S. automobile safety regulators are closing their preliminary investigation into General Motors ' Cruise robotaxis without taking further action.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the Office of Defects Investigation opened a preliminary evaluation in October 2023 to determine whether vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System made and operated by Cruise LLC were using appropriate caution around pedestrians in the roadway after receiving two reports of crashes involving pedestrians. The office also identified two public reports of Cruise ADS-equipped vehicles encroaching on pedestrians in crosswalks.
“In each of the five pedestrian collision incidents, the Cruise vehicle took avoiding action but was unable to avoid a collision,” according to NHTSA. The NHTSA said that the recall was intended to address safety defects and that Cruise has since ceased business operations and no versions of its ADS are operating on public roads.
The ODI is closing its preliminary evaluation, but the NHTSA said that it reserves the right to take additional action if warranted by new circumstances.The Detroit-based company said at the time that it would combine Cruise’s technical team with its own to work on advanced systems to assist drivers.
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