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Waymo, the self-driving taxi service owned by Google’s parent company, is recalling 1,212 vehicles operating in San Francisco, Phoenix and Austin after they repeatedly collided with gates ...

Waymo, the ride-hailing service owned by Google-parent Alphabet, has recalled 1,212 of its driverless cars over faulty software that causes them to crash into chains, gates and other roadway barriers.

According to Reuters, Waymo has knowledge of 16 low-speed collisions with chains, gates, and other barriers between 2022 and late 2024, with no injuries reported.

Just a few weeks after a Cottonwood man took matters into his own hands and cut down a gate blocking a county road, a new barrier has been installed.

NHTSA’s probe began after seven taxis struck road barriers between December 2022 and April 2024. Waymo later disclosed nine additional similar collisions, bringing the total to 16 — none ...