GM Cruise fails to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk
A self-driving Chevrolet Bolt EV test car was issued a ticket in San Francisco for not yielding to a pedestrian at a crosswalk. The car was pulled over by a police officer shortly after having gone through the crosswalk. The Bolt EV had been in an autonomous driving mode, meaning that its sensors were collecting data as it drove down the street and the car logged the information as it used it to make decisions on how to operate. Cruise contested the ticket on the basis that data from the car suggests the pedestrian was 10.8 feet away when it passed through the intersection, and that the pedestrian had not been put in danger. System 🤖 Cruise Automated Driving System Operator: GM Cruise Developer: GM Cruise; General Motors/Chevrolet Country: USA Sector: Automotive Purpose: Automate steering, acceleration, braking Technology: Self-driving system Issue: Safety; Accuracy/reliability; Legal - liabilitylack bo x
- Date it happened
- 2018-03-01
- Organisation involved
- General Motors/Cruise LLC
- Product, system or model
- Cruise AV
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