The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted documents detailing the investigating after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws.
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted documents detailing the probe on its website early Tuesday after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws.
has been criticized in the past for being slow to regulate Tesla and other companies that offer automated driving systems, but Brooks said things appear to have changed.SUGGESTED:Waymo, self-driving taxi, begins paid services in LA"Ultimately I think it’s a good thing here that they’re taking these steps, trying to figure out why these vehicles are acting the way they are," Brooks said.
also is investigating General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit after getting reports that the vehicles may not have used proper caution around pedestrians. Cruise recalled its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October.The agency also has questioned whether a recall last year of Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system was effective enough to make sure human drivers are paying attention.
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