AIUpdated November 9

NHTSA reviews Waymo’s school-bus fix.

NHTSA is examining a defect that could make a Waymo vehicle slow or stop for a school bus, then pass it while the bus’s red lights flash or its stop arm is extended. Waymo said it had completed the software remedy across all affected vehicles. But NHTSA says most reported incidents happened after the company said the work was done. The agency has opened a recall query covering 2,895 vehicles to assess whether the update was adequate and what caused those post-remedy incidents. The question now is how a completed fix and those later reports fit together.

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Coverage started November 9