Fla. company in hot water for using driverless vehicle as a schoolbus
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ordered Transdev North America to immediately stop transporting school children in the Babcock Ranch community in Southwest Florida on the EZ10 Generation II driverless shuttle. The NHTSA says Transdev’s use of the driverless shuttle to transport school children is unlawful and in violation of the company’s temporary importation authorization.
Transdev was granted permission in March 2018 to temporarily import the driverless shuttle for testing and demonstration purposes only. The company requested permission to use the shuttle for a specific demonstration project - not as a school bus.