US Investigates Waymo Robotaxis Over Safety Around School Buses (reuters.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2244249/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses-2025-10-20/
Waymo says it's "already developed and implemented improvements related to stopping for school buses and will land additional software updates in our next software release." The company added "driving safely around children has always been one of Waymo's highest priorities. ... [Waymo] approached the school bus from an angle where the flashing lights and stop sign were not visible and drove slowly around the front of the bus before driving past it, keeping a safe distance from children." Reuters reports:
> NHTSA opened the investigation after a recent media report aired video of an incident in Georgia in which a Waymo did not remain stationary when approaching a school bus with its red lights flashing and stop arm deployed. The report said the Waymo vehicle initially stopped then maneuvered around the bus, passing the extended stop arm while students were disembarking. Waymo's automated driving system surpassed 100 million miles of driving in July and is logging 2 million miles per week, the agency said. "Based on NHTSA's engagement with Waymo on this incident and the accumulation of operational miles, the likelihood of other prior similar incidents is high," the agency said. NHTSA said the vehicle involved was equipped with Waymo's fifth-generation Automated Driving System and was operating without a human safety driver at the time of the incident.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses-2025-10-20/
Related to Elmo and Tesla taxi's? (Score:2)
With MAGA running the show - it wouldn't surprise me if this was political.
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I'm sure someone took a video of it that got a lot of clicks on social media, where these politicians spend most of their time.
After it entered their field of vision, they couldn't let such an easy opportunity to "think of the children" and "reign in big tech" pass by. So they'll call for an investigation with their mouths, as their left hand takes cash from Waybro, and their right props up a pedophile president.
guess how far that excuse gets you or me (Score:2)
Sorry, I didn't know the school bus had it's lights on because I didn't bother to look very hard
"ticket dismissed" -- my ass
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If one person goes by, he gets arrested. If hundreds go by, that's a different story.
The drivers on my morning commute seem to be taking collective action to ignore this particular law after a particular bus would regularly stop 6 lanes of traffic and just hang the sign out for no apparent reason, long after all the kids boarded and the parents disappeared back inside their apartment complex. Just sitting there with the sign out, lights flashing, no kids, and hundreds of cars backed up.
Not that any kids wer
These cars should have to pass drivers ed tests (Score:2)
You me and every other human on the road had to take driver's Ed and pass the test why in the heck do these cars not have to do the same thing? Why? because waymo has money and they can pay the politicians off.
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You're probably not a car driver, but in order to get your license, you have to learn that you stop for a school bus when it deploys its stop signs.
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Because they live on the other side of the street! So, they exit on the sidewalk and then cross the street. The law says that they have the right of way over vehicles. Actually, any pedestrian does. Anyone who has ever passed a driving test should know that you stop for a stopped school bus that has its warning lights on. Failure to do so is a criminal offense. That should have baked into the initial instructions.