India, Nov. 9 -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a recall query to assess the effectiveness of a software remedy issued by Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), after reports of its self-driving vehicles passing stopped school buses.
The agency's Office of Defects Investigation identified numerous incidents involving Waymo's fifth-generation automated driving system, including cases in which vehicles passed school buses with flashing red lights or extended stop arms.
Waymo filed recall 25E084 on December 10, 2025, addressing a software issue that could cause vehicles to fail to stop. The company reported completing the software update for all 2,895 affected vehicles by Nove...