US Opens Probe Into 2,895 Waymo Vehicles over School Bus Safety Violations
Regulators will examine whether a December software fix failed to stop driverless cars from passing stopped school buses, after 19 violations were reported in Austin.
- On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a recall query into 2,895 Waymo vehicles operated by Alphabet, examining continued traffic safety violations involving the robotaxis failing to yield to stopped school buses.
- Waymo issued a voluntary software recall in December 2025 to prevent vehicles from passing school buses with flashing red lights, yet officials are investigating why violations persisted despite the update deployment.
- Public schools documented 19 violations in Austin, Texas, including one incident where a driverless car proceeded while a student was actively crossing the street; six additional violations occurred in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The NHTSA recall query began on Friday to determine whether the update worked, since "a majority of incidents occurred after the... remedy date," and investigators aim to "identify the causes of the conditions leading to the post-remedy reports."
- Separately, the National Transportation Safety Board launched its own investigation into Waymo behavior earlier this year, while the NHTSA opened a probe in January following a collision involving a Waymo vehicle and a child in Santa Monica, California.
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Times of IndiaUS opens probe into 2,895 Waymo vehicles over school bus safety violations
NHTSA said it was reviewing whether a software update implemented by Waymo under a December 2025 recall adequately addressed a defect that could cause Waymo vehicles to pass school buses displaying flashing red lights or extended stop arms after initially slowing or stopping.
The U.S. National Highway Safety Authority (NHTSA) will test 2,895 UAVs operated by Waymo (part of Alphabet Inc.) in connection with the detection of new violations of traffic regulations in the vicinity of school buses.
US opens probe into Waymo vehicles over school bus safety violations
Nov 9 : The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it had opened a recall query into 2,895 vehicles operated by Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo over continued traffic safety violations involving the vehicles' behavior when encountering school buses.The probe will determine whether
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Feds investigate Waymo recall after continued school bus violations
A federal investigation has been launched into a previous recall of nearly 3,000 Waymo self-driving vehicles following continued reports of traffic safety violations involving school buses.
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