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Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic | Auto-safety regulator is investigating 22 reports of Waymo cars malfunctioning

Auto-safety regulator is investigating 22 reports of Waymo cars malfunctioning.

The reports document single-party crashes into "stationary and semi-stationary objects such as gates and chains" as well as instances in which Waymo cars "appeared to disobey traffic safety control devices." Advertisement The ODI's probe may require an update to specifically make construction zones safer, as Waymo cars suddenly entering a site could risk injuries or even fatalities. More recently, the agency began probing Amazon's Zoox after its autonomous SUVs started unexpectedly braking, injuring two motorcyclists who couldn't react fast enough before rear-ending the vehicles, Bloomberg reported.

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