Cruise hid evidence about a Cruise crash injuring a pedestrian.
Cruise Self-Driving License Revoked After It Withheld Pedestrian Injury Footage, DMV Says
In the Order of Suspension, the California DMV said that the Cruise vehicle initially came to a hard stop and ran over the pedestrian. After coming to a complete stop, it then attempted to do a “pullover maneuver while the pedestrian was underneath the vehicle.” The car crawled along at 7 mph for about 20 feet, then came to a final stop. The pedestrian remained under the car the whole time.
Cruise initially withheld the video evidence of the car dragging the pedestrian 20 feet trapped under the vehicle until another California Government agency.
The troubles for Cruise will continue with the Federal investigation of Cruise autonomous vehicles as well as their behavior with pedestrians after reports that the autonomous vehicles do not behave with proper caution around vulnerable pedestrians.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the reports involve automated driving system equipped vehicles encroaching on pedestrians present in or entering roadways, including crosswalks. This could raise the risk of a vehicle striking a pedestrian, which could result in severe injury or death, according to the NHTSA.
US regulators investigate GM’s Cruise division over incidents involving pedestrians in roadways
Pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries are spiking on our roadways nationally and right here in California.