The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has held Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) liable for two fatal collisions involving its BlueCruise Driver Assistance system.
Two 2024 Fatal Crashes
In a statement released on Tuesday by the agency, the NTSB said that Ford’s BlueCruise system failed to “stop for stationary vehicles” in 2024. The probe found that the system was ineffective in detecting driver distraction or disengagement and that it failed to differentiate between attention to the road and attention to objects blocking visibility.
The first incident took place in February 2024 in San Antonio with a stationary vehicle, which resulted in the death of the driver, while the Ford driver sustained minor injuries. The second crash happened in March 2024 when a Ford vehicle struck two cars in Philadelphia on Interstate 95, causing them to collide with a third vehicle.
The drivers of the Prius and Elantra, struck by the Ford vehicle, died in the accident, while the Ford driver sustained minor injuries. The third vehicle’s driver was uninjured. …
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