美國就 Waymo 車輛涉違反校車安全規定展開新調查

記者 David ShepardsonBy David Shepardson

華盛頓，11月9日（路透社）——美國國家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）週一表示，在發生多起 Waymo 無人計程車超越已停下校車的事件後，該局已對 Alphabet 旗下自駕車部門 Waymo 展開召回調查。WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it had opened a recall query into Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo after numerous incidents of its robotaxis passing stopped school buses.

這項調查將檢視近3,000輛公司持有的自駕車。調查人員希望判定，Waymo 去年底推出的軟體更新，是否未能阻止其無人駕駛車輛超越亮著閃爍紅燈的校車。大多數違規事件發生在該公司表示已部署補救措施之後。The probe will look into nearly 3,000 company-owned self-driving vehicles. Investigators want to determine whether a software update Waymo rolled out late last year failed to stop its driverless cars from passing school buses with flashing red lights. Most of the violations happened after the company said the remedy had been deployed.

2025年10月，NHTSA 針對 Waymo 車輛違法超越已停下校車的問題展開初步評估。該機構週一結束那項調查，改以新的召回調查判定額外違規事件的原因。In October 2025, NHTSA opened a preliminary evaluation into the issue of Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses. The agency closed that investigation on Monday in favor of the new recall query to determine the cause of the additional violations.

在德州奧斯汀，當地獨立學區記錄了19起不同違規事件，並向 Waymo 開出多張300美元罰單。亞特蘭大公立學校也記錄到另外6起違規事件。In Austin, Texas, the independent school district documented 19 distinct violations and issued numerous $300 tickets to Waymo. Six other violations were recorded by public schools in Atlanta.

NHTSA 表示，該局正在審查 Waymo 依據2025年12月召回所實施的軟體更新。這個汽車安全監管機關表示，大多數事件發生在2025年11月之後；Waymo 當時表示，已完成所有受影響車輛的軟體補救措施。NHTSA said it was reviewing the software update implemented by Waymo under a December 2025 recall. The auto safety regulator said most of the incidents occurred after November 2025, when Waymo said it had completed the software remedy for all affected vehicles.

NHTSA 表示，這項召回調查將評估補救措施是否充分，並判定補救後事件的原因。The recall query will assess the adequacy of the remedy and determine the causes of the post-remedy incidents, NHTSA said.

Waymo 在聲明中表示：「我們已大幅改善車輛在校車周邊的行為，自3月以來未收到任何罰單。」該公司表示將回應 NHTSA 的調查，並「期待繼續就自動駕駛車輛軟體的召回流程進行交流，這類軟體會持續學習與改進」。"We have made significant improvements to vehicle behavior around school buses and have received no citations since March," Waymo said in a statement. It said it will respond to NHTSA’s query and "look forward to continuing our engagement on recall processes for AV software that continues to learn and improve."

另外，在 Waymo 一輛自駕車1月於加州聖塔莫尼卡一所小學附近撞上一名兒童後，NHTSA 與國家運輸安全委員會（NTSB）已展開調查。Separately, NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board have opened probes after one of Waymo's self-driving vehicles struck a child in January near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California.

NTSB 也正在調查 Waymo 車輛超越已停下校車的事件。The NTSB is also investigating the incidents of Waymo vehicles passing stopped school buses.

（Anna Peverieri 巴塞隆納、David Shepardson 華盛頓、Akash Sriram 班加羅爾報導；Jochelle Mendonca、Mrigank Dhaniwala、David Gregorio 編輯）(Reporting by Anna Peverieri in Barcelona, David Shepardson in Washington, and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Jochelle Mendonca, Mrigank Dhaniwala and David Gregorio)