Waymo is currently being investigated by the federal police for 22 accidents and safety violations

Self-driving car maker Waymo, like the now-suspended Cruise, could be in trouble as the NHTSA investigates 22 different accidents and safety incidents involving its cars. Oh, and Amazon’s Zoox is also under investigation.

When we talk about viral videos of self-driving cars breaking down, those videos were usually on the streets here in San Francisco. But autonomous breakdowns also occur in Arizona, where vehicles can drive in fully autonomous driving mode without a human driver in the vehicle. Check out the video below, shot in Tempe, Arizona. Can you figure out what the self-driving car is doing wrong?

@kilowattsapp Hello Officer, sorry, I was a bit confused #waymo #autonomous ♬ Original sound – Kilowattsapp

NBC Bay Area reports that Google self-driving car subsidiary Waymo is currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for 22 separate incidents of vehicle accidents or traffic violations allegedly caused by Waymo. Reuters has additional details that 17 of those incidents involved collisions in which the Waymo “appeared to disobey traffic safety control devices” and autonomous driving systems “exhibited unexpected behavior near traffic safety control devices.”

The Verge has a copy of the full copy of the NHTSA report from that agency’s Office of Defects Investigation.

“The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received reports of 22 incidents involving Waymo vehicles equipped with Waymo’s 5th Generation Automated Driving System (ADS), with the ADS-equipped vehicle being the only vehicle used during was driven in a collision, or where the ADS-equipped vehicle was the only vehicle driven during a collision. “I engaged in driving behavior that may violate road safety regulations,” the report states. “Reports include collisions with stationary and semi-stationary objects such as gates and chains, collisions with parked vehicles and cases where the ADS appeared to disregard road safety control devices.” In certain incidents, a collision occurred shortly after the ADS was in proximity Traffic safety control devices showed unexpected behavior.”

The vehicles reportedly violated traffic laws in all 22 of these incidents. The NHTSA also mentions Waymo “vehicles traveling in oncoming lanes with nearby oncoming traffic or entering construction zones.” This Waymo behavior just happened here in SF on the night of April 19th, although it was nowhere near as egregious as the TokTok video from Tempe at the top of this post.

Waymo, for its part, insisted that there is nothing to see here and that they are cooperating fully.

“At Waymo, we currently provide over 50,000 weekly rides for our drivers in some of the most demanding and complex environments,” Waymo spokesman Christopher Bonelli said in a statement to The Verge. “We are proud of our performance and safety record over tens of millions of autonomous miles driven, as well as our demonstrated commitment to safety transparency. NHTSA plays a very important role in road safety and we will continue to work with them as part of our mission to become the most trusted driver in the world.”

It turns out that the NHTSA is also investigating other self-driving car companies like Cruise, Tesla, and Zoox, as well as Ford’s self-driving car division. NBC Bay Area notes that the NHTSA has cited Tesla for “467 accidents involving Autopilot, resulting in 54 injuries and 14 deaths,” while KGO notes that Amazon-owned Zoox is facing an investigation “after two of his vehicles suddenly braked and slid backwards.” ended by motorcyclists.”

Related: Confused Waymo cars block the 101 on-ramp in Potrero Hill, then drive down the closed road (SFist)

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist