NHTSA Opens Probe Into Effectiveness of Waymo's Software Fix for School Bus Safety Violations
By Kelly Cloonan
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the effectiveness of a software fix that Alphabet's Waymo has implemented to prevent its autonomous vehicles from passing stopped school buses.
The NHTSA said it has identified a large number of reported incidents of Waymo AVs passing stopped school buses with their red lights flashing or stop arm extended, a majority of which occurred after Nov. 17, 2025, when the software update meant to prevent those traffic safety violations was completed for all affected vehicles.
The NHTSA said it has opened the recall query to assess the adequacy of the recall remedy and to identify the cause of the continued traffic safety violations.
The recall involves 2,895 of Waymo's automated driving systems.
Write to Kelly Cloonan at kelly.cloonan@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 09, 2026 08:30 ET (13:30 GMT)
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