Waymo Probed by US Safety Agency Over Austin School Bus Mishaps
A Waymo autonomous taxi, right, in Austin.
Photographer: Eli Hartman/BloombergUS transportation safety investigators are probing a series of incidents in which self-driving cars operated by Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit drove improperly near parked school buses in Austin.
The National Transportation Safety Board will “examine the interaction between Waymo vehicles and school buses stopped for loading and unloading students,” the agency said in a social media post.