Self-Driving Cars Left Children Unattended as Bus Approached

In a concerning incident, a self-driving car from Waymo was left to pick up a child from school in Austin without stopping for the approaching bus. The children were waiting by the curb when a vehicle from the company’s autonomous driving fleet pulled over and let them out. The parents of the children claim that they had been told by their kids about the incident, which they believe highlights how difficult it is to teach self-driving cars to recognize and respond to school buses in real-time. Experts point out that this raises concerns about how these vehicles “learn” and adapt to their surroundings.