Cruise will comply with DMV request to cut fleet in half following crash with SF fire truck

Now, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has requested the autonomous vehicle company cut its San Francisco fleet in half, following this latest incident. The collision took place at 10:23 p.m. at the intersection of Turk and Polk streets, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Per the new agreement with the DMV, Cruise will have no more than 50 driverless vehicles in operation during the day and 150 driverless vehicles in operation at night. On the same evening as the fire truck collision, another Cruise vehicle was involved in a crash at 26th and Mission streets. Featured articleAlthough the Cruise vehicle detected the other vehicle and activated its brakes, it was unable to prevent the collision.