Parents in the Phoenix area are reportedly using Waymo robotaxis to send their unaccompanied children to school and activities. The trouble is that doing so violates the company’s policy, and no one is quite sure how the situation will ultimately be handled.
Entrusting kids to a driverless car without an adult raises obvious safety and liability questions. As robotaxis become more woven into daily life, cases like this expose the gaps between how the services are designed to be used and how people actually use them.