US investigating Waymo autonomous vehicles after reports of crashes or possible traffic violations

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The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.

DETROIT — on its website early Tuesday after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws.

In the probe of Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving vehicle unit, the agency said it has reports of 17 crashes and five other reports of possible traffic law violations. No injuries were reported. A message was left early Tuesday seeking comment from Mountain View, California-based Waymo, which has been operating robotaxis without human safety drivers in Arizona and California.At least 11 dead, mostly students, in Indonesia bus crash after brakes apparently failed, police sayThe NHTSA said it would investigate the 22 incidents involving Waymo’s fifth generation driving system plus similar scenarios “to more closely assess any commonalities in these incidents.

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