Huge setback for robotaxis, a transportation system that had one of its largest cities and examples of operation in San Francisco and that is now banned from circulation after the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended Cruise’s permits , the company responsible for these.
The transportation regulator assures that “when there is an unreasonable risk to public safety” they can “immediately suspend or revoke permits,” which is what has happened with robotaxis after several accidents that have alarmed the citizens of the American city. .
Although the DMV has suspended the permits for robotaxis, this does not mean that it is permanent, since the agency has left Cruise the possibility of applying reforms and meeting the requirements demanded by the authorities to return to circulation.
Cruise has announced the “suspension of our driverless permits by the California DMV,” which entails suspending “the operations of our autonomous driverless vehicles in San Francisco,” as detailed in a statement by the company.
The suspension comes after the alarming robotaxi crash last month in San Francisco, where a woman who had previously been hit by a human driver was struck and thrown directly into the unmanned vehicle.
Cruise then assured that his robotaxi responded as quickly as possible, even faster than a human pilot, but that it was not enough to avoid the tragic outcome that forced the victim to be taken to a hospital due to the terrible accident.
