NHTSA Opens Recall Query Into Waymo Over School Bus Violations
Federal safety regulators have opened a recall query into nearly 3,000 Waymo robotaxis to test whether a software fix actually stopped the driverless cars from passing stopped school buses. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said most of the reported incidents happened after November 2025, when Waymo said it had completed the software remedy for every affected vehicle under a December 2025 recall. The query covers 2,895 company owned vehicles and will assess whether the remedy was adequate and what caused the violations that followed it. In Austin, Texas, the local school district documented 19 distinct violations and issued numerous $300 tickets. The agency closed its earlier preliminary evaluation from October 2025 in favor of the deeper recall query. Waymo says it has significantly improved its vehicles' behavior around school buses and has received no citations since March.
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