In March, NHTSA made the petition available for public comment for the 60 days that ended on Monday. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said GM should not be allowed to withhold safety features like high-beam headlights from the vehicle and should design the vehicle to require passengers to wear safety belts. NHTSA says human error is a critical factor in more than 90% of all crashes. The Union of Concerned Scientists said the automaker should produce more data on how GM self-driving cars on the road now are performing with backup safety drivers and called for the petition to be rejected. GM self-driving test vehicles in California with a backup driver in the front seat have been involved in at least 69 traffic collisions, the group said.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 06:33 UTC