NHTSA investigates Waymo self-driving cars after 22 reported crashes or traffic violations, as agency ramps up oversight of automated vehicles.
Tue, May 21st 2024 at 11:38 AMFILE - A Waymo minivan moves along a city street as an empty driver's seat and a moving steering wheel drive passengers during an autonomous vehicle ride, on April 7, 2021, in Chandler, Ariz. The U.S. government's highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo 's self-driving vehicles.
Waymo said NHTSA plays an important role in road safety, and it will continue working with the agency "as part of our mission to become the world's most trusted driver." The agency's only enforcement power on autonomous vehicles, at present, is to open investigations and seek recalls, which it is doing, Brooks said. NHTSA has been criticized in the past for being slow to regulate Tesla and other companies that offer automated driving systems, but Brooks said things appear to have changed.
The probe will evaluate the system's performance in detecting and responding to traffic control devices, and in avoiding crashes with stationary and semi-stationary objects and vehicles, the documents said. The agency also has questioned whether a recall last year of Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist system was effective enough to make sure human drivers are paying attention. NHTSA said it ultimately found 467 crashes involving Autopilot resulting in 54 injuries and 14 deaths.
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