National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it already has updated software in test vehicles that are being supervised by human safety drivers. The pedestrian was pinned under one of the Cruise vehicle’s tires and was critically injured.Ĭruise says in documents posted by the U.S. But it then pulled to the right to get out of traffic, pulling the person about 20 feet (six meters) forward.
The Cruise initially stopped but still hit the person. In the crash, another vehicle with a person behind the wheel struck a pedestrian, sending the person into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise, which was transporting passengers without human drivers throughout San Francisco. 2 crash prompted Cruise to suspend driverless operations nationwide after California regulators found that its cars posed a danger to public safety. safety regulators on Wednesday that, with the updated software, Cruise vehicles will remain stationary should a similar incident occur in the future. The company said in documents posted by U.S. DETROIT (AP) - General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October.
