General Motors’ Cruise says it’s suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild public trust.

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    1 year ago

    Cruise has also previously maintained that its record of driverless miles have outperformed comparable human drivers in terms of safety, notably crash rates.

    But is this actually true? I hate that they just printed this without any attempt to verify it. Surely some independent body has looked into this by now.

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      1 year ago

      I suspect there is something more to this than just that. After all, the car in question did this:

      Earlier this month, a Cruise robotaxi notably ran over a pedestrian who had been hit by another vehicle driven by a human. The pedestrian became pinned under a tire of the Cruise vehicle after it came to a stop — and then was pulled for about 20 feet (six meters) as the car attempted to move off the road.

      It seems like there are unsolvable safety problems going on.