AutonomousMedium
Waymo Software Flaw Reportedly Leads to Double Collision with Tow Truck
- Occurred
- Dec 11, 2023
- Published
- Feb 14, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Two Waymo autonomous vehicles reportedly hit the same tow truck under unusual towing conditions due to a software misinterpretation in Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo reportedly issued a software recall and updated its fleet to prevent future such incidents.
Developers
- Waymo
- Alphabet
Deployers
- Waymo
Harmed parties
- Unnamed owner of tow truck
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Waymo autonomous vehicles involved in collision due to software flaw, resulting in recall and update.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8