Waymo robotaxi hits a child near a school, causing minor injuries

A Waymo robotaxi struck a kid adjacent an simple schoolhouse successful Santa Monica, California, connected January 23rd, causing insignificant injuries and prompting the National Highway Traffic Safety medication to unfastened an investigation.

The incidental occurred during mean schoolhouse driblet disconnected hours, with different children, a crossing guard, and respective double-parked vehicles successful the vicinity, NHTSA said. The kid ran crossed the thoroughfare from down a double-parked SUV toward the schoolhouse and was struck by the Waymo vehicle.

In a blog post, Waymo said its conveyance was traveling astatine 17mph erstwhile its autonomous strategy detected the kid and past "braked hard," reducing its s …

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