Waymo is updating its self-driving cars' software after another accident in Phoenix, Arizona, that the driverless taxi biz is blaming on faulty maps and code.
The empty Waymo vehicle involved in the May 21 accident was in a Phoenix alley, and when pulling over to pick up a passenger, it hit a wooden telephone pole at a speed of approximately eight miles per hour, the biz told us. Waymo's description of the event generally matches newsin Phoenix that saw a vehicle hit a backwards-facing pickup truck that the robo-car biz said was only struck because it was being improperly towed.
"Although this office is unaware of injury allegations, several of the incidents involved collisions with clearly visible objects that a competent driver would be expected to avoid," this week's letter said."A number of these incidents also occurred in the proximity of other road users, including pedestrians."