WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following press release:
3/31/2026
WASHINGTON (March 31, 2026) - The National Transportation Safety Board called for standardized performance requirements and greater oversight to improve the safety of automated vehicle technology.
The NTSB investigated two fatal 2024 crashes in which vehicles using Ford Motor Company's hands-free partial automation system, BlueCruise, failed to stop for stationary vehicles. In a public meeting Tuesday to consider the investigations, the NTSB concluded that the drivers' overreliance on the automated system contributed to both crashes.
In a Feb. 24, 2024, crash in
San Antonio, a Ford traveling east in the center lane of Intersta...