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Vehicle manufacturers and technology companies have reported more than 500 incidents since June 2021, when the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued an order requiring the release of detailed data regarding the incidents. Two senators called for a deeper investigation into the "autonomous driving" industry and a road safety committee ruled that the data had not been standardized, making it difficult to assess the actual performance of each manufacturer's system.
Car companies are rushing to incorporate driver-assistive vehicle control systems, claiming that these systems improve safety by manipulating some driving maneuvers. For their part, regulators are trying to understand the practical effect of the attempted changes.
However, manufacturers collect data in different ways, making it difficult for regulators to evaluate the performance of their systems.
Democratic Senators Ed Markey, and Richard Blumenthal notified NHTSA through a letter that data alone is not enough. "We urge NHTSA to, shed light on this out-of-control industry and enforce protective measures to prevent more fatal crashes," the letter said.
This report contains "an array of data with many limitations that make it difficult" to understand the data, Jennifer Homedy, chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said in a statement.
"Tesla is collecting a large amount of high-quality data, which may mean that it is being overrepresented in the NHTSA report," she said.
Tesla's sophisticated driver assistance software, promoted as Full Self Driving, also causes confusion about the vehicles' capabilities.
[/P][BR][/P][BR]Senators are concerned about the large number of incidents and Tesla vehicles being involved. "We are concerned that some drivers today are using technology as a convenience option, endangering themselves and others on the road," Senators Markey and Blumenthal wrote in their letter.
NHTSA required companies to immediately report all incidents, including technologically advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and to equip vehicles with automated driving systems that have been tested on the public highway system.
Of the 392 incidents reported by 12 vehicle manufacturers since July, six deaths and five incidents of serious injuries have been recorded. Honda Motor has recorded 90 incidents.
Manufacturers reported 130 incidents involving prototype autonomous driving systems, while in 108 of them, no injuries were recorded, with serious injury recorded in only one incident.
Honda Motor recorded 90 incidents, while Alphabet Inc's Waymo autonomous driving division Waymo reported 62 incidents involving automated driving systems. General Motors' Cruise recorded 23 incidents.
Waymo said the incidents it recorded did not have a high risk to driver safety, with one-third of them occurring under conventional driving conditions. Vehicle airbags were deployed in only two cases.
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