GM Cruise to pay $500,000 fine for filing false crash report

GM’s robotaxi unit Cruise agreed to pay $500,000 for filing a false crash report as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. US Department of Justice (DoJ) in question Cruise failed to disclose vital details about a serious incident October 2023 accident One of the vehicles hit a pedestrian and dragged him 20 meters after being hit by another vehicle.

“Federal laws and regulations exist to protect public safety on our roads. Companies with self-driving vehicles that want to share our roads and crosswalks must be completely honest in their reports to regulators,” said Office Chief Martha Boersch. Uber from the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division has not yet commented on the matter.

Under the terms of the three-year deal, Cruise is required to cooperate with the government, implement a security compliance program and submit annual reports to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. If the company does not comply with these terms, it can still be sued. Cruise before He was fined $1.5 million A settlement worth at least $8 million was reportedly reached with the victim by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a driverless Cruise vehicle operating in San Francisco struck a pedestrian who was thrown into its path after being struck by a separate human-powered vehicle. The Cruise vehicle initially stopped after passing over the pedestrian, but its systems failed to detect that he was still under the vehicle. He then pulled the woman aside and tried to drag her for more than 20 meters. Cruise’s report to NHTSA said nothing about the victim being dragged after he was hit. (Also cruise I skipped this information in his statements to the press at the time of the accident.)

Cruise later stripped Revoked driverless car license in California. The company stopped all operations of both companies driverless cars And manned robotaxi service To conduct a comprehensive security review. CEO Kyle Vogt resigned In November and GM announced He plans to cut Cruise’s funding and restructure its leadership based on external security reviews. Almost a quarter of the company’s workforce to cut In December.

Cruise ships were off the roads for a few more months but are back Arizona in April and Houston Under the supervision of human drivers in June. In September this year, Cruise resumed operations in California, again with human drivers behind the wheel. In August, the company announced that its driverless vehicles would be launched. Come to Uber starting next year.