US safety agency investigates comma.ai driver-assistance devices after crashes
Image: Primary The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into aftermarket driver-assistance devices made by comma.ai after learning of five crashes involving vehicles that struck stopped or slow-moving cars while drivers used the devices. The agency says two of those crashes caused three deaths, and four of the five crashes injured 11 people.
The devices augment a vehicle's existing driver-assistance system. The investigation brings the company's products under federal scrutiny, but the reported crashes alone do not establish that a device defect caused them.
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