Avride self-driving system faces US safety probe after Texas crashes
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Updated · MarketWatch · May 8
Avride self-driving system faces US safety probe after Texas crashes
14 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 8
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation cited multiple crashes in Dallas and Austin, all occurring while Avride's automated driving system was controlling the vehicles.
Investigators said footage showed basic failures, including unsafe lane changes, not slowing for stopped traffic, poor reactions to merging vehicles and collisions with partially blocked stationary objects.
The preliminary evaluation is the first stage of NHTSA's process and could lead to an engineering analysis as robotaxi and delivery pilots expand in US cities including Austin, Dallas and Phoenix.
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