--- title: Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep... description: Waymo has paused robotaxi service in four cities — Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston — after its vehicles were found driving into flooded roads despite... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-expands-pause-to-four-cities-as-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods-5njb0wfdl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods | daily.dev og:description: Waymo has paused robotaxi service in four cities — Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston — after its vehicles were found driving into flooded roads despite... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-expands-pause-to-four-cities-as-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods-5njb0wfdl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5Njb0wfdL.png og:image:alt: Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Waymo has paused robotaxi service in four cities — Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston — after its vehicles were found driving into flooded roads despite a software recall issued the previous week. In Atlanta, an unoccupied Waymo vehicle entered a flooded intersection and was stuck for about an hour. Waymo acknowledged that its interim software fix, which restricts operations based on National Weather Service alerts, was insufficient because the Atlanta storm caused flooding before any official warnings were issued. NHTSA is monitoring the situation. The flooding incidents add to Waymo's existing regulatory troubles, including ongoing NHTSA and NTSB investigations into robotaxis illegally passing school buses and a January crash involving a child in Santa Monica. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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