PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Waymo\u2019s fleet of driverless taxis that can drive on freeways hit a setback when they were recalled for going through construction zones.<\/p>\n
The Mountain View, California-based company pulled 3,871 Jaguar cars with the fifth-generation automated driving system for software updates.<\/p>\n
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a>, the freeway-capable self-driving cars did not recognize ramp closures in construction zones in Arizona and California.<\/p>\n Federal officials say the cars drove past ramp closure signs<\/a> into pre-planned freeway construction zones once on April 11 and five times on April 19 in Phoenix.<\/p>\n Seven self-driving cars went between cones marking a freeway construction lane closure in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 19.<\/p>\n \u201cDriving at speed in a freeway construction zone increases the potential for collisions,\u201d the recall notice said.<\/p>\n Waymo temporarily prevented robotaxis from driving on freeways while it investigated the issue. <\/p>\n The affected cars were made between March 17, 2022, and May 19. <\/p>\n The recall started June 8. <\/p>\n Waymo began offering rides on Phoenix freeways back in November, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n