Cruise, GM’s robot taxi division, has agreed to pay $500,000 for filing a false accident report as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. US Department of Justice (DoJ) he said O Cruise did not reveal a serious vital detail October 2023 crash one of his cars struck a pedestrian and dragged him 20 feet after another car hit him.
“Federal laws and regulations exist to protect public safety on our roadways. Self-driving car companies trying to share our roads and crosswalks must be truthful in their reports to regulators,” said Office of Chief Martha Boersch. The Criminal Division of the US Attorney General’s Office has not commented on the matter yet.
Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Cruise must cooperate with the government, implement a safety compliance program and submit annual reports to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. If the company does not comply with these conditions, it can still be prosecuted. Cruise was earlier Fined 1.5 million dollars A settlement worth at least $8 million was reportedly reached by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the victim.
A self-driving cruise vehicle operating in San Francisco ran over a pedestrian after being hit by a separate human-driven vehicle, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The cruise vehicle initially stopped after running over the pedestrian, but its systems failed to detect that he was still under the vehicle. He then tried to pull the woman aside from a height of 20 feet. Cruise’s report to NHTSA made no mention of dragging the victim after hitting him. (Also cruise omitted this information In his statements to the press during the accident.)
The cruise was later peeled off License to drive self-driving vehicles in California. The company has suspended all operations of both its self-driving cars and its guided robotics service to engage in comprehensive security research. CEO Kyle Vogt resigned in November and GM announced Plans to cut Cruise’s funding and restructure management based on foreign security probes. It was about a quarter of the company’s workforce to cut that in December.
Cruise vehicles were off the roads for a few more months, but they are back Arizona in April and Houston Under the control of human drivers in June. In September of this year, Cruise resumed operations in California with human drivers behind the wheel. In August, the company said it would have self-driving cars Come to Uber starting next year.
