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A test driver re-engaged autonomy before the system was primed, and the truck executed a stale ~2.5-minute-old steering command that should have been flushed; HMI design + command-stale handling were both implicated. No injuries. Fleet grounded, independent investigation, HMI overhaul deployed. The canonical autonomous-trucking crash.","identifier":"1da3294c-85bf-4b44-a561-6d3679450e42","datePublished":"2022-04-06T12:00:00.000Z","articleSection":"collision","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"},"author":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":2,"primary_source_types":[]}}}