Federal safety investigators are probing dozens of crashes and other incidents involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles.
Federal safety investigators are probing dozens of crashes and other incidents involving Waymo 's self-driving vehicles.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation is looking into 22 incidents in which Waymo 's robotaxis were either involved in solo-vehicle crashes or 'exhibited driving behavior that potentially violated traffic safety laws.
The suspension, which was for up to 120 days, was lifted in March and Waymo began operating in San Mateo County and in Los Angeles.Also in February, a Waymo robotaxi collided with a bicyclist in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, leaving the cyclist with minor injuries. In another February incident, a Waymo vehicle was vandalized and set on fire by a group of people in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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