National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Opens Inquiry into Safety of Advanced Driver Assistance Devices
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation has launched an investigation into the safety of aftermarket devices designed to enhance a vehicle's advanced driver assistance systems.
Comma.ai and its Co-Founder George Hotz
George Hotz, the co-founder of comma.ai, gained prominence in the early 2010s for jailbreaking iOS and hacking Sony PlayStations. In 2015, Hotz focused on developing an advanced driver assist system, initially installing it in his own Acura to demonstrate the technology's capabilities.
Hotz aimed to sell the system to Tesla and replace Mobileye as the company's supplier. Mobileye, a supplier to Tesla, dropped the automaker as a customer in 2016 after becoming unhappy with the way Tesla was using Mobileye products.
Five Crashes Involving Advanced Driver Assistance Devices
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of five crashes involving advanced driver assistance devices from comma.ai.
- Two of the accidents resulted in three fatalities and 11 individuals were injured.
NHTSA's Inquiry
The Office of Defects Investigation within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is probing the safety of aftermarket devices designed to enhance vehicles' advanced driver assistance systems.
The agency is aware of five crashes involving comma.ai's advanced driver assistance devices.
Two of these incidents resulted in three deaths and eleven individuals were injured.
</body> </html><small>Source: Ars Technica — read the original story there.</small>
