According to AFP, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has told the General Motors subsidiary that it is “suspending Cruise’s self-driving car and driver testing permits, effective immediately” after several crashes.

The DMV cites an “unreasonable risk to public safety” and says there is “no fixed period of suspension.” Cruise can continue to test its vehicles with a safe driver.

“The DMV has provided Cruise with the necessary steps to seek reinstatement of the suspended licenses, which the DMV will not approve until the company meets the necessary conditions to the department’s satisfaction,” the authority added.

Earlier this month in San Francisco, a self-driving Cruise car ran over a pedestrian who had just been hit by another car driven by a human. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition, according to firefighters, and Cruz said Tuesday in a statement about the incident that he “hopes she makes a full recovery.”

The branch notes that “the human driver responsible for the accident has not been found.” “Safety is at the heart of everything we do at Cruise — we want to significantly reduce the number of injuries and deaths each year on our roads,” Cruise emphasized.

Waymo and Cruise are two startups that have been approved to offer commercial robotaxi services in San Francisco, but only in certain areas and at certain times.

Equipped with cameras and lidar (detection lasers), self-driving electric taxis from Waymo (Google) and Cruise (General Motors) have taken San Francisco by storm since last year, sparking increasingly heated debate about their progress and the risks they pose.

In August, the California Transportation Agency approved two companies to expand toll services in the city. But soon after, traffic officials asked Cruz to cut his San Francisco fleet in half (50 active cars during the day and 150 at night) while he investigated two collisions, including one involving a fire truck.