The recall comes on the heels of another nearly 4000-vehicle recall earlier this year for driving into flood waters.
Once again, Waymo is recalling nearly 4000 of its robotaxis — this time because they failed to yield to active construction zones, driving past ramp closure signs into pre-planned freeway construction.
"The recall, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, involves a software issue linked to more than a dozen incidents since early April," Yahoo! Autos reports. "Waymo, a subsidiary of Google's parent Alphabet, told Reuters it voluntarily restricted freeway operations last month while making improvements after identifying 'an area of improvement regarding performance around freeway construction zones.'"
The recall comes on the heels of another nearly 4000-vehicle recall earlier this year, when an empty driverless taxis failed to cease driving during flood conditions and was swept into a nearby waterway.
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