After disturbing week for Cruise robotaxis, state applies the brakes

It was a week of robotaxi mayhem in San Francisco for the Cruise driverless car company -- by turns bizarre, comic and alarming. As a result, the California Department of Motor Vehicles said Friday it's investigating "recent concerning incidents" involving Cruise vehicles while tapping the brakes on the company's ambitious expansion plans. The DMV didn't say which incidents it's probing, but over a seven-day period the events included: Stuck in the wet muck, it was removed later by workers dispatched by Cruise. The truck struck the car, occupied by one passenger, who was transported to a hospital. Cruise said the passenger sustained "what we believe are non-severe injuries."