The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been alerted of multiple incidents involving GM’s Cruise self-driving cars. The vehicles in question are manufactured by GM (Chevrolet Bolt EVs), though the autonomous technology comes from the automaker’s subsidiary, Cruise LLC.
The NHTSA will assess the two concerns with regard not only to what’s causing them to happen, but also how often they may occur. The organization must also determine how long the immobilized vehicles typically remain “stuck,” and what consequences there may be if this continues to happen.
Thus far, the NHTSA has already noted that the reported problems “may introduce multiple potential hazards such as a collision with a Cruise vehicle, risk to a stranded passenger exiting an immobilized Cruise vehicle, or obstruction of other traffic including emergency vehicles.”
