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Ford BlueCruise driver assist under federal scrutiny following 2 deaths

NHTSA has opened an investigation after two separate fatal crashes at night.

Advertisement So unlike Autopilot, drivers using BlueCruise can take their hands off the wheel, but they are still expected to keep paying attention to the road ahead and be ready to take control at a moment's notice if necessary. In March, the National Transportation Safety Board—which investigates crashes but, unlike NHTSA, has no regulatory authority to compel an automaker to do anything— opened an investigation into a fatal crash involving a Ford Mustang Mach-E in San Antonio, Texas, on February 24. Now, NHTSA says it is aware of a second fatal BlueCruise crash, which, like the San Antonio incident, also happened at night.

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