“Our technology immediately detected the individual as soon as they began to emerge from behind the stopped vehicle. The vehicle struck several parked cars, including one that had a person in it. Waymo is already facing regulatory scrutiny for the behavior of its robotaxis around school buses. Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board initiated an investigation after reports of Waymo robotaxis illegally passing stopped school buses in several different locations. NHTSA had earlier started “to investigate the performance of the Waymo ADS around stopped school buses and the system’s ability to follow traffic safety laws concerning school buses,” it said in a letter the agency sent to Waymo.