The suspension only affects Cruise's fully driverless cars, not those with a safety driver. However, Cruise has decided to pause operations of all its driverless cars in San Francisco. The company must now take specific measures to have its permit reinstated. Cruise has been in the news several times for incidents involving its autonomous cars, including a collision with a fire truck and a car getting stuck in wet concrete.
Key takeaways:
- The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended the deployment and driverless permits of autonomous-car startup Cruise with immediate effect.
- The suspension comes after a series of incidents involving Cruise's self-driving cars, including one where a woman was hit by another vehicle and then trapped beneath a Cruise car.
- The DMV accuses Cruise of withholding video footage from the incident, preventing it from effectively evaluating the company’s ability to safely operate its vehicles.
- Cruise must now enact particular measures to have its permit reinstated, and in the meantime, it will be pausing operations of all of its driverless cars in San Francisco.