Robotaxis Experiencing Waymo Problems Lately

Waymo Recalls 3,000 Robotaxis After Failing to Stop for School Buses.

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At the beginning of October, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a probe into Waymo driverless taxis, alleging that they committed safety violations by failing to stop when a school bus ahead of them had. According to the initial report with the Office of Defects Investigation, the robotaxis would do this “particularly when the bus is boarding or offboarding students.” Although students get on and off school buses on the sidewalk, opposite to the side of the bus that the robotaxi would pass on, this presents an obvious safety risk, or else it wouldn’t be illegal to pass stopped school buses in the first place. more