The National Transportation Safety Board says Ford BlueCruise safety issues contributed to fatal crashes that occurred in Pennsylvania and Texas.
Both crashes involved Ford Mustang Mach-E SUVs traveling more than 70 mph on highways at night with hands-free BlueCruise engaged, and both crashes involved stationary vehicles.
Both incidents also involved drivers who took no evasive actions, and the BlueCruise systems didn’t either.
The NTSB concluded the Ford drivers relied too much on the BlueCruise systems, treating the systems as self-driving instead of what they are: driver assistance systems.
Since the beginning of the investigation, Ford has repeatedly said BlueCruise is not a crash avoidance system and automatic emergency braking is a driver assist …
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