Florida, illegally tested school buses without drivers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned Transdev North America to immediately stop transporting students to Florida in an unmanned bus, as testing is risky.
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The Car Safety Agency, known as NHTSA, reported in a report released Friday that using the EZ10 Generation II Transdev unmanned bus in southwest Florida was “illegal and a violation of the company's temporary transport license.”
“Innovation should not compromise public safety,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King said in a statement. “Using a non-compliant test vehicle to transport children is irresponsible, inappropriate and in direct violation of the terms of the approved test project.”
In March, NHTSA granted Transdev permission to temporarily use a bus without a driver for testing and demonstration, but not as a school bus.
The agency reported that the company agreed to stop testing. A Transdev spokeswoman did not respond to several requests for comment on Monday.
Transdev North America is a division of Transdev, which is controlled by the French public investment fund Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.
The company issued a press release in August stating that it would begin mastering the school transfer this fall using the world's first unmanned vehicle. ”
Transdev said that the bus on the 12 man will move in a certain area with an onboard device on board. The maximum driving speed is 8 miles per hour (13 km / h), with the potential to increase the speed of 30 miles per hour (48 km / h) after the completion of additional infrastructure.
Earlier this month, the French utility company Veolia agreed to sell its 30-percent stake in Transdev to the German group Rethmann.
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