Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say

Federal safety regulators are investigating why Waymo robotaxis continued illegally passing school buses even after the company updated its self-driving software. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a Nov. 6 filing that most of the reported incidents happened after Waymo deployed a software update meant to correct the behavior. Waymo previously said the update was completed for all affected vehicles on Nov. 17, 2025. The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened a “recall query” to assess the adequacy of the remedy. NHTSA began its initial probe in October 2025 after footage from Atlanta showed a robotaxi maneuvering around a stopped bus unloading children.