DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Autonomous Vehicle Companies “Are Out of Control” After Waymo Refuses to Curtail Operations Near Schoolchildren. Attorney Amy Witherite, a nationally recognized transportation-safety advocate, today issued an urgent warning that autonomous-vehicle (AV) companies are “out of control,” following Waymo’s reported refusal to curtail service in Austin even after video evidence showed its self-driving taxis repeatedly violating school-bus laws and placing children at risk. Waymo will file a voluntary software recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) but not take its vehicles off the road.

The Austin ISD and its police department confirmed that Waymo’s driverless vehicles have received 20 citations since August for illegally passing stopped school buses with flashing red lights and extended stop-arms a violation of Texas law designed to protect students.

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