Waymo investigated for ongoing failures to stop for school busses

Waymo’s robotaxis are under a federal microscope after Austin schools reported the cars not stopping for buses with the big red sign out. A viral clip is circulating and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating, while Waymo says it pushed software fixes. Cue the comment-section cage match. One camp is clutching pearls over kids at crosswalks, the other is yelling receipts: “there has never been a Waymo fatality,” linking NHTSA data and calling the story’s intro about rising deaths misleading. Meanwhile, the media takedown squad arrived: “This article is peak slop,” fumed a reader, with another calling it “word vomit.” But not everyone’s a hater—one rider shared a “nearly perfect” Waymo trip, with a single awkward moment where the car inched past someone parallel parking. The vibe: fiery debate over trust and context, with the meme factory in overdrive—“sloppily integrated dark patterns in a trenchcoat” became the line of the day. For newbies: Waymo is “Level 4,” meaning it can drive itself without a human doing the steering. Safety around school buses is a sacred rule, and the community’s split between “fix the glitch now” and “don’t torpedo a tech that’s saving lives.” Watch the video and choose your fighter.