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The DMV said it has provided Cruise with the steps needed to apply to reinstate the suspended permits. Reinstatement would only occur if the company "has fulfilled the requirements to the department's satisfaction," the agency said. "Having a safety driver does not prevent you from making progress. The safety driver does nothing, then you've got safety covered and you're still doing testing," Koopman told reporter Anne Makovec.
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The driverless Cruises have also collided with a bus and killed a dog in June (Waymo is guilty of the same). Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Cruise citing pedestrian safety concerns. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu praised the DMV's decision, saying it "vindicates the significant public safety concerns raised by the City." The city attorney urged the CPUC to come up with a "sensible, measured plan" for the vehicles. 13 CCR §227.42 (b)(5) - Any act or omission of the manufacturer or one of its agents, employees, contractors, or designees which the department finds makes the conduct of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads by the manufacturer an unreasonable risk to the public. Forghani, the Cruise spokesperson, says the company has shared video and other information related to the incident with the California DMV and NHTSA officials. “Our teams are currently doing an analysis to identify potential enhancements to the [autonomous vehicle]’s response to this kind of extremely rare event,” she wrote in a statement.
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Cruise remains able to deploy vehicles with human “safety drivers” on board, but it cannot charge fares. The decision does not impact the other autonomous-vehicle companies licensed to operate in California, including Waymo or Zoox. In particular, the DMV expressed concern over the incident earlier this month where a pedestrian crossing against a red light was struck by a human driven Nissan, and her body was thrown in front of the Cruise vehicle in the next lane. Cruise revealed today that after it came to a stop, the vehicle decided to pull to the side of the road to avoid blocking traffic. In doing so, it dragged the victim to the side and came to a stop with the wheel upon the pedestrian’s leg. Emergency crews instructed Cruise not to move the vehicle, and quite some time later lifted it off her to get her to hospital.
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This month, one of Cruise’s top competitors, Waymo — owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company — expanded its driverless vehicles into Los Angeles amid growing concern. For now, you can only use it on approved roads or certain freeways while going under 40 mph, and only during daylight hours. Mercedes-Benz is making good on its promise to sell cars that can mostly drive themselves without the driver needing to look at the road. So, if you see a Mercedes with turquoise lights and an inattentive driver, it'll actually be legal -- but only in limited parts of two US states, for now. In the accident in question, the human driver’s actions were certainly worse than the AV’s. But virtually all discussion has focused on the AV, rather than the human driver.
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Pressure to suspend or revoke Cruise’s permits escalated after an October 2 incident that left a woman stuck underneath a Cruise robotaxi after being hit by a human-driven vehicle. Video captured by Cruise and viewed by TechCrunch showed a robotaxi braking and then running over a pedestrian who was lying in the street after being struck by a human-driven car and launched in front of the autonomous vehicle. Cruise said in its account of the events that the robotaxi “braked aggressively” to minimize impact. Still, the pedestrian was run over and then stuck under the vehicle, according to police as well as video from local bystanders that show the person under the robotaxi. California has suspended driverless vehicles operated by the General Motors subsidiary Cruise in the city of San Francisco—just two months after the state began allowing the robotaxis to pick up paying passengers around the clock. The suspension stems from a gruesome incident on October 2 in which a human-driven vehicle hit a female pedestrian and threw her into the path of a Cruise car.
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Cruise is allowed to continue testing with safety drivers, but the order seems to prevent offering any public vehicle service for now. This sort of error is indeed the sort that would not happen with a safety driver. That also means it’s the sort of error that would not be readily discovered while they are in place. This won’t be the last time that pilot deployments of robocars reveal a problem of this sort. The good news is that as problems are found they are fixed for the entire fleet, a pattern where robots are much better than humans.
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However, without the DMV’s permits, which allow for driverless vehicles to be on public roads, the CPUC permit is essentially worthless. Transit and public safety officials stressed the need to focus not only on crashes involving autonomous vehicles but incidents not collected in official data, such as near-misses with pedestrians. Forghani said Cruise provided regulators a video of the incident and is complying with the DMV's order and "pausing operations." Those cars that have a human safety driver will be allowed to continue operating in the state. The move comes after one of Cruise's driverless cars struck a pedestrian in downtown San Francisco earlier this month. The incident involved a woman who was first hit by a human driver and then thrown onto the road in front of a Cruise vehicle. The Cruise vehicle braked but then continued to roll over the pedestrian, pulling her forward, then coming to a final stop on top of her.
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The suspension does not have a timeline, but the DMV said it outlined how the company could have its license to operate reinstated. According to the letter, Cruise did not submit the entirety of the footage when the California Highway Patrol and DMV opened their investigation on October 3. The latter half was only released after the DMV learned from another government agency that the Cruise AV continued to drive after initially stopping.
However, the DMV in its Order of Suspension said Cruise failed to hand over video that showed what the car did after the initial stop. According to statements from Cruise and the DMV, the hit-and-run took place on Oct. 2 in San Francisco. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation.
Shortly after the incident, our team proactively shared information with the California DMV, CPUC, and NHTSA, including the full video. We have stayed in close contact with regulators to answer their questions and assisted the police with identifying the vehicle of the hit and run driver. Our teams are currently doing an analysis to identify potential enhancements to the AV's response to this kind of extremely rare event." San Francisco officials, including transit, police, and fire departments, have expressed serious concerns about driverless vehicles intruding on emergency scenes, blocking intersections, and impeding other traffic.
Cruise said the company had shared information with the DMV, CPUC and NHTSA, including video. City officials criticized the move and asked the CPUC to pause the authorization in favor of an incremental approach, amid reports of the vehicles making wrong turns, stalling in the middle of the road and interfering with first responders. 13 CCR §228.20 (b) (6) - Based upon the performance of the vehicles, the Department determines the manufacturer's vehicles are not safe for the public's operation. Spokesperson Navideh Forghani said Cruise representatives met with the DMV on Oct. 3, "in which we showed them the complete video multiple times. They later requested a copy of the complete video, which we provided to them."
“As a result, we will be pausing operations of our driverless AVs in San Francisco. Ultimately, we develop and deploy autonomous vehicles in an effort to save lives. In the incident being reviewed by the DMV, a human hit and run driver tragically struck and propelled the pedestrian into the path of the AV. The AV braked aggressively before impact and because it detected a collision, it attempted to pull over to avoid further safety issues. When the AV tried to pull over, it continued before coming to a final stop, pulling the pedestrian forward.
This would have involved playing out scenarios very much like this one, where a VRU is thrown in front of their vehicle, but also test track simulations where a crash test dummy is thrown in front of the vehicle. Perhaps Cruise did those tests and they did not reveal these problems—no simulation is perfect—but if so, they should examine why that was. San Francisco in August became the first city in the world to let two self-driving taxi companies – Cruise and Waymo – offer paid rides 24 hours a day. Cruise denies that it omitted any information from regulators and said it shared information with various agencies shortly after the incident, "including the full video."
13 CCR §228.20 (b) (3) - The manufacturer has misrepresented any information related to safety of the autonomous technology of its vehicles. The human driver of the vehicle that initially struck the woman has not been caught. But self-driving cars have been reported pulling annoying, if not dangerous, stunts. In January, San Francisco firefighters battling a two-alarm apartment fire had to smash in the front window of one of Cruise's driverless cars after it entered the firefighting scene and nearly ran over their hoses, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. In March, two of Cruise's driverless cars drove through caution tape put up after wind storms knocked down trees and trolley wires.
Cruise officials, in a statement to The Times, denied that they did not share all of their video with investigators. The suspension comes less than three months after Cruise, and competitor Waymo, received the final permit required to offer commercial robotaxi services across San Francisco 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That permit was issued by the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates commercial driverless ride-hailing permits.
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