NHTSA To Probe GM Cruise AV Crash
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into the crash involving a Cruise AV and a Toyota Prius that occurred in San Francisco in early June, Reuters reports.
The agency said Thursday it would open a special investigation into the accident, which resulted in minor injuries for occupants of both the Cruise AV and the Toyota Prius that was being driven by a civilian. GM did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters for its report and also did not provide a comment to the media earlier this week when details of the crash first came to light.
Cruise received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles in June, allowing it to begin charging passengers for rides in its driverless Chevy Bolt EV robotaxis. The crash occurred just one day after it received the waiver from the DMV.
A report filed by GM with the California DMV provided some details on the crash. According to the document, the crash happened as the Cruise AV entered the left-hand turn lane as it attempted to turn through an intersection. At the same time, the Prius driver had entered the oncoming right-hand turn lane, but then decided to proceed straight through the intersection. The Cruise AV, which had initially come to a stop in the intersection, then attempted to complete the left-hand turn, causing the Prius to crash into the AV’s right rear.
The DMV report also indicated that “occupants of both vehicles received medical treatment for allegedly minor injuries,” following the crash and a police report was filed. The Cruise AV was later towed from the scene.
Cruise also made headlines this year when one of its driverless vehicles was pulled over by the San Francisco PD and drove away from the scene, accelerating through an intersection before coming to a sudden stop further down the road. In another similar incident, a Cruise AV partially blocked the path of a San Francisco Fire Department vehicle that was headed to an emergency after it double-parked on a busy roadway to let a passenger out.
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Looks like there are still some human variables they need to add to programming.
Wouldn’t the Prius have to yield if driving straight through the intersection from the left turning lane?
I’ve seen close calls happen from this exact thing before.
The Prius was in the right turning lane, the Cruise was in a left turn lane. Normally, the Prius has right-of-way over the Cruise. The Cruise would have to yield to oncoming right turns and oncoming straight traffic.
The Prius is technically wrong too by going forward from a right turn lane, the legal method would be to complete the right turn and re-route (drive around the block).
“Wouldn’t the Prius have to yield if driving straight through the intersection from the left turning lane?”
I think you mean right turning lane, and no, you wouldn’t have to yield so much as you’d have to turn. That’s the only legal thing to do from a turning lane.
This car didn’t do that.
I’ve never understood this kind of behavior. If you screw up and are in the wrong lane or start to take the wrong exit, the best thing to do is continue to the next intersection and fix your mistake that way.
Yes I meant right turning lane, I mistyped. I realize the correct thing is to complete the turn, but at least if you’re going to change your mind, make sure it’s clear before you do.
For the record, I would just lap the block and try go the correct direction next time, not go through from a turning lane.
These AVs are being force fed down our collective throats by woke CEOs like Queen maryb, when it is blatantly obvious to even brain dead Presidents of the USA that the technology is DECADES away from being SAFE. The only way these rolling disasters operate with “tolerable” accident & fatality rates is IF the city streets are CLOSED to all traffic except AVs. And if the woke millennials & Gen Y/Z keep voting for Progressives, that’s exactly what will happen.