Cruise, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute present groundbreaking study establishing a human driving safety benchmark
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise and The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, one of the leading transportation research institutes in the country, partnered to create a human benchmark to be used in measuring safety performance of autonomous vehicles in San Francisco. This research, conducted in collaboration with General Motors and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), offers a nuanced safety performance measure to use for Cruise's driverless fleet.
- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise and The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, one of the leading transportation research institutes in the country, partnered to create a human benchmark to be used in measuring safety performance of autonomous vehicles in San Francisco.
- This research, conducted in collaboration with General Motors and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), offers a nuanced safety performance measure to use for Cruise's driverless fleet.
- This study allows us to be more precise about the statistics originally released in our 1 million mile report .
- "What's been missing in autonomous vehicle research is a benchmark that goes beyond the available data and accurately reflects the human driver.