The future of autonomous vehicles just hit a speed bump 🚧. U.S. safety regulators are demanding answers from Alphabet's Waymo after 22 reports of its self-driving cars 'acting like confused tourists' – including 17 collisions that could make even Tesla owners cringe.
⚠️ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed Wednesday that Waymo's robotaxis have been crashing into stationary objects any human driver would avoid – think parked cars, not invisible aliens. Regulators want full disclosure of every public road trip and software update by August 6.
This probe follows similar investigations into GM's Cruise and Amazon's Zoox, raising big questions: Are we rushing the robotaxi revolution? Waymo counters with its 'tens of millions of autonomous miles' safety brag 🏆, but let's not forget they recalled 444 vehicles in February after two Arizona fender-benders caused by coding oopsies.
As tech giants and regulators play chicken on the road to autonomy, one thing's clear: The race for self-driving dominance just got its first real safety check 🔍.
