It Is Waymo Fun When the Google Drives in Construction Zones
June 22, 2026
Another dinobaby post. No AI unless it is an image. This dinobaby is not Grandma Moses, just Grandpa Arnold.
I have work stacked up. I am chasing down some interesting investments held by a high profile Web 3 outfit. I have to finish on of my upcoming lectures and move the “dots” slide. I have to visit the dog rescue facility. But I am making time to write about this allegedly spot on, dead accurate news article titled “Urgent Recall for 3,900 Robotaxis That Could Drive Passengers into Highway Construction Zones at High Speed.” Notice that the vehicle service with Googley software is not named in the headline. That’s okay. It was the water-fearing Waymo initiative from the world’s largest online ad service with AI outputs that a German court found responsible for what its smart software does. Yep, that outfit.
Thanks, Midjourney. Just good enough like so much AI outputs.
The news story which I assume to be accurate because I believe everything I read online says:
According to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than a dozen incidents were recorded in California and Arizona since early April as Waymo vehicles failed to recognize highway ramp closure signs. As a result, the self-driving cars proceeded straight into construction areas and lanes where construction was underway. The company temporarily restricted highway driving for its robotaxis while engineers worked on a fix, and planned to roll out a software update designed to improve the vehicles’ ability to detect closed roads.
The write up helpfully provides some context about the Google Waymo engineering:
Waymo has launched a string of recalls over the past two years, including over concerns about how the cars detect poles and other objects along the road. Just weeks ago, Waymo recalled roughly 3,800 robotaxis over concerns they could enter flooded roads on high-speed routes. That decision was prompted by an April 20 incident in San Antonio, when a Waymo vehicle without any passengers drove into a flooded lane during severe weather.
Then a bit of history is added for a touch of color like those flashing yellow alarm lights:
Separately, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed it was investigating incidents in which Waymo vehicles illegally passed stopped school buses displaying flashing warning lights. The school bus issue had already triggered a separate recall by the company in December, adding to growing questions over whether self-driving technology is advancing faster than regulators can keep up.
I find the somewhat frightening information (if true) amusing. That’s because as a dinobaby I have a time-out-of-joint sense of humor; specifically:
- I thought the Google AI was able to do lots of great code and make Google products better like its search service. Note that the German judge would not agree with my taking Google smart output lightly. That “thought” of mine is demonstrably false. Hey, it’s just marketing, right?
- Google has been perfecting or semi-perfecting or hallucinating perfection for its Waymo technology since January 2009. My math, like other dinobaby functions, is not so good. But this 2009 to 2026 sure looks like slightly more than 17 years. And what do we have? The school bus thing. The water thing. The Cow Hollow cul de sac thing. The driving in construction zone thing. Are there other things that have not been given news coverage? Of course not. Google does not make errors most of the time. That’s the probability thing, of course.
- I continue to conflate Google’s push into smart eyewear with some of Google’s other interesting product and service demonstrations. Of the many projects Google has “invented” or acquired, many die on the vine or when the Googler pushing the skunky initiative loses interest, gets promoted, or becomes a Xoogler (that is, a former Google employee). The Waymo project has had legs, not the most robust pins on the playing field, but legs in terms of time: 17 years and counting.
Net net: I have to get back to real work. Thinking about Waymo was waymo time consuming than I thought. I had fun though. I know those riding at “high speed” (allegedly) will have the time of their lives until they don’t.
Stephen E Arnold, June 22, 2026
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