Waymo issued a recall for its 672 driverless cars to make them less likely to drive into telephone poles.
The recall follows a May 21 accident in Phoenix, Arizona, in which a Waymo driverless car hit a telephone pole that was installed in the roadway in an alley. The vehicle was pulling over to pick up a passenger when it struck the pole at low speed, according to Waymo. While the car was severely damaged, no one was hurt, according to documents Waymo filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Administration, Waymo described the issue is as an “nsufficient ability to avoid pole or pole-like permanent objects within the drivable surface may result in an increased risk of a collision.” This became an issue in circumstances where there wasn’t a curb or clear road shoulder – such as in an alleyway where the road surface reaches from buildings on one side to buildings on the other – and there were poles installed within that roadway.
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