Cruise driverless cars pulled off California roads after safety incidents

DMV cites unreasonable risk to public safety' from General Motors' subsidiary amid multiple investigations

California suspended Cruise's permits to operate self-driving cars on the state's public roads, effective immediately, the state's department of motor vehicles said in a statement on Tuesday. The agency said Cruise's vehicles pose a danger to the public and that the company had misrepresented key facts when dealing with safety regulators.

When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits," the regulator said. Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, can still operate its vehicles with safety drivers, per the DMV's statement. Google's Waymo, Cruise's main rival, maintains its permit to test its autonomous vehicles sans drivers on the streets of San Francisco.