The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has the power to issue safety recommendations and determine the probable cause of the accident, said Christopher O 'Neil, a spokesman for the organization, needed to know more about' autonomous vehicles and the environment and the surroundings Other human-driven vehicle interaction '.
O'Neill said auto-driving car clashes have taken place in the past but this is the first time a self-driving car is in the public service area and four NTSB investigators are expected to arrive in Las Vegas this Friday.
The autobus bus, reportedly responsible for the accident, was produced by French auto-car company Navya ARMA and operated by Keolis North America for the first time last Wednesday, but a collision occurred within an hour of getting on the road - one The delivery truck hit a driverless bus while reversing.
The Las Vegas city government said in a blog post that the police have issued a ticket to the driver of the truck, the front of the driverless bus was slightly damaged and the front fender was damaged, but the car was last Thursday Re-launch passengers.
A reporter confirmed that at the moment of the collision, the unmanned bus took the correct measure in accordance with the autopilot procedure. Not every human driver can do this.
There have been more and more incidents involving autonomous vehicles, mostly due to misconduct or recklessness on the part of human drivers in driving a car. Since September 8, there have been 12 incidents in California involving Cruise with General Motors autosport Automation-related crashes that GM told regulators all blamed on other car drivers.
The NTSB surveyed a Tesla company Model S car with a semi-automatic Autopilot system that killed the driver in May 2016. In September, the committee recommended that car safety regulators and car manufacturers Take steps to ensure that semi-automatic systems are not abused.