NHTSA is probing Cruise over two incidents in San Francisco where driverless vehicles struck pedestrians.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary probe into incidents involving Cruise driverless vehicles striking pedestrians.
The probe is focused on two reports to NHTSA and a further two incidents the regulator identified on"public websites."Federal regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into whether Cruise autonomous cars exercised"appropriate caution" in and around pedestrians, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wroteThe NHTSA probe was prompted by two reports involving pedestrian injuries and Cruise vehicles in recent months.
Cruise said that the NHTSA had not spoken with the company about the August incident or the two incidents apparently posted on social media. The company also said the pedestrian was transported after experiencing knee pain."Cruise's safety record over 5 million miles continues to outperform comparable human drivers at a time when pedestrian injuries and deaths are at an all-time high," Cruise spokesperson Hannah Lindow said in a statement to CNBC.
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