Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating two rear-end crashes involving Amazon-owned Zoox self-driving cars and motorcycles.
The case was opened on Friday with an Office of Defects Investigation preliminary evaluation that summarizes the circumstances of the two crashes, both of which involved a Zoox-powered Toyota Highlander braking suddenly and then being rear-ended by a motorcycle. The two motorcyclists only received minor injuries in the crashes. says.
The preliminary evaluation says there are 500 Zoox cars out on the road, though it's not clear if this figure includes only Toyota Highlander models or if theThe NHTSA has kept tabs on other self-driving and driving assisted companies. This past December the NHTSA's Tesla investigation resulted inFord's BlueCruise self-driving cars. Both investigations explicitly concerned autonomous driving features, indicating that the NHTSA doesn't take self-driving tech at face value.
Given the scope of the investigation, it may be some time before the NHTSA publishes its findings. The Tesla probe took two years to complete, albeit involving several different car models.Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucksApple's Titan iCar project is dead as self-driving dream fails to materialize
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