On the heels of a number of non-fatal collisions, in which Cruise AVs were often not at fault, the California DMV today suspended Cruise’s driverless operating license.
The DMV stated that Cruise AVs “are not safe for public operation.”
As far as I can tell, there does not appear to be any data supporting this decision.
That said, the DMV statement mentions that, “The DMV has provided Cruise with the steps needed to apply to reinstate its suspended permits.” Perhaps those undisclosed steps contain data-based metrics.
Perhaps the most worrisome sentence in the DMV statement is, “The manufacturer has misrepresented any information related to safety of the autonomous technology of its vehicles.”
On the whole, the statement seems quite opaque to me. More transparency from the DMV would be ideal.
David Silver 