Simply over every week in the past we reported on a crash involving a Cruise autonomous car in San Francisco. The NHTSA opened a particular investigation into the incident and a state-level report appeared to explain it however there was no strategy to confirm that the 2 had been linked. Now we all know that they’re and we all know a bit extra concerning the still-open investigation into the crash that despatched one Cruise passenger to the hospital.
In keeping with a doc filed with the California Division of Motor Autos, the crash occurred at an intersection. Because the Cruise started to make a left flip, an oncoming Toyota Prius was dashing, round 40 mph (64 km/h) within the 25 mph (40 km/h) velocity zone. The Cruise tried to cease, and it may need even come to an entire cease, however both method, it impacted the rear driver’s aspect of the Toyota hybrid.
Now, new data from the San Francisco Police Division provides us extra perception into the incident. First reported by Autonews, the Police particularly say that not solely is the crash nonetheless below investigation greater than a month later, however that neither driver was cited or arrested after the crash occurred.
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That would definitely lend credence to the concept that the Prius driver wasn’t deemed “at fault” by the authorities on the scene. After all, officers at Cruise appear to be flatly laying blame on that Prius driver. VP of World Markets, Todd Brugger referred to as out the dashing and stated that the Cruise had stopped fully in a regulatory submitting.
It might be nice to see that in on-board video footage however Normal Motors, an affiliate of Cruise, has declined to share that video. It’s simply the most recent concern for Cruise, which has had numerous high-profile occasions happen in latest months.
In July alone, a gaggle of the robotaxis blocked off a complete San Francisco avenue due to faulting programming, after which lower than every week in the past a whistleblower got here out to say that the corporate had a “chaotic” security tradition. We’ll replace this story as we get extra particulars nevertheless it’s fascinating to see that it’s not simply Tesla with autonomous driving issues.