{"id":1193,"date":"2023-10-17T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/cruise-self-driving-cars-investigated-after-two-accidents\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:29:27","slug":"cruise-self-driving-cars-investigated-after-two-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/cruise-self-driving-cars-investigated-after-two-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise self-driving cars investigated after two accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cruise self-driving cars investigated after two accidents<\/p>\n

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About 600 self-driving cars made by a unit of General Motors are being investigated by regulators after reports of injuries to pedestrians. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Self-driving cars made by Cruise may have been “encroaching on pedestrians”, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The NHTSA said it had received two reports involving pedestrian injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cruise says its safety record “continues to outperform comparable human drivers”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation said the reports were related to self-driving cars hitting pedestrians on crossings in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Both the reports submitted to the NHTSA involved pedestrians crossing after the cars’ traffic lights had turned green.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In one incident from August 2023, the self-driving car hit someone at 1.4mph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the other incident another car, which was being driven by a person, hit a pedestrian crossing the road, which knocked the person in front of the driverless car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The October 2023 report says that the driverless car “braked aggressively” but was not able to stop in time and hit the pedestrian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Both the incidents happened at night time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The NHTSA added that it was also looking into two videos involving pedestrians which have been posted online. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In August, the California government voted to allow two cab companies – Waymo and Cruise – to run a 24-hour service using driverless cars. Previously, they had only been allowed to operate paid rides at night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The decision was controversial in San Francisco, with some saying that the vehicles are safer than those driven by human drivers – while others say that they pose a safety risk by blocking fire trucks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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