(NewsNation) — Waymo is hitting the brakes on its robotaxi software and issuing a voluntary recall after school bus safety concerns came to light earlier this year.
The recall won’t necessarily pull cars from the road but will instead see them updated. It comes after an investigation by NewsNation affiliate KXAN that found the company’s driverless vehicles illegally passed school buses with their stop arms out in Austin, Texas.
The Austin Independent School District said similar incidents occurred at least 19 times this school year, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation in October.
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In November, cameras captured a Waymo car briefly stopping and then moving forward — all while a student was still crossing the road. The stop arms of the bus were out the entire time…