General Motors' (NYSE: GM) autonomous vehicle division, Cruise, is set to pay a $1.5 million fine after failing to fully report a crash involving a pedestrian, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The incident, which occurred in October 2023 in San Francisco, involved a robotaxi that dragged a pedestrian for 20 feet after she got hit by another vehicle. It led Cruise to halt its driverless operations nationwide after California regulators deemed its vehicles a public safety risk. As a result, the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked Cruise's license to operate without human drivers in San Francisco.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are still investigating the incident. A GM-commissioned report revealed that Cruise employees attempted to dissuade the NHTSA from launching an investigation into the pedestrian's injuries and failed to disclose that the pedestrian had been dragged.
Per Reuters, the NHTSA pointed out that ...
